medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Thanks, John. You're right about generally getting only academics to
participate in an academic list; the term 'generally' is key here. I
had the possibility of setting up the list as one for people who
could be verified as being 'academics', but given that neither I nor
those who help in running the list would have the time to vet
applications, to decide on what precisely makes one an 'academic' and
to check credentials, it was decided to leave membership wide open,
and to trust in people acting professionally and responsibly.
George
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George FERZOCO
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On 25 May 2007, at 09:57, John Briggs wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
> George FERZOCO wrote:
>>
>> I do take Christopher's point here: the content -- and, more
>> importantly, the good will of the members -- of a list is what makes
>> it useful. Jiscmail provides a very useful and much appreciated
>> service, but it is by definition limited to being 'owned' (I
>> ***hate*** this term, but it's mumbo-speak, like the verb 'to
>> action') by someone affiliated to a UK institution of higher
>> learning, and there are restrictions on the nature of such lists
>> (e.g., must be academic and serious and all that stuff, in order to
>> serve the requirements of the friendly British taxpayers who fund the
>> service).
>
> I disagree - the participants are actually more important than the
> content, in the sense that they are a pre-requisite. And you will
> generally only get academics to participate in an academic list. I
> am no fan of JISC, JISCMail, the way it is structured, and its
> pretty awful software, but see these things as necessary evils. I
> am even less of a fan of commercial organisations like Yahoo, and
> their groups with web interfaces. It is is no use setting up a
> yahoogroup if those with a real knowledge of the subject don't
> participate in it.
>
> John Briggs
>
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