I'm with you all the way, David, and your suggestion sounds both sensible
and practical.
Cheers
Simon
----- Original Message -----
From: "David G. Engle" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: Renaming the list?
> >I wouldn't recomend it.I prefer the keep it simple and stable
principle.As
> >well,i originally heard of the list from a traditional music web
page.Will
> >they appreciate having to rename their links?
>
> Steve Roud's suggestion sounds good to me - At first I wondered why a
> second ballad list was necessary in the first place, and then I realized
> that it was more european, and then that if I wanted to get the word our
> (or back in,as it were) I would have to address both lists, anyway.
>
> Lets go with Tradition Song Research as a title: it is descriptive,more
> inclusive, and includes the word "research" which will keep it more
> academically inclined, and a little less filksongish.
>
> If we need a shorter title, as Paul worried about, for the "mailto" we
> could use something like
>
> tradsong@...
>
> and keep the "Traditional Song Research" for the title in quotes, just
like
> I am "David G. Engle" in quotes, but my email address is daviden@...
>
> Picking up on John Reis' concerns, however, it would be a good idea to
keep
> the "[log in to unmask]" link up for a while and have it respond to
the
> sender with a reference to the new name.
>
> David G. Engle
>
> email: [log in to unmask]
> web: http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore
> http://www.csufresno.edu/forlang
>
> The Traditional Ballad Index:
> http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/BalladIndexTOC.html
>
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