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« Last post by mouser on September 11, 2013, 07:18 PM »Well if the original poster doesn't want to do the work, then that's the death of that.
But if you have someone who is willing to do what renegade just did on that thread, then it opens up all sorts of possibilities for people working together. Like now i'm going to go send Renegade a few articles that i came across lately that i find fascinating.
The fact that he is willing to update his first post and organize the links makes all the difference, and i think adds so much to the discussion. It's not just that it adds to the discussion in terms of the people who were already discussing it, it's that it also opens up the possibility of new people jumping in, and increases the likelyhood that we will be discussing a common set of articles.
Renegade and I don't agree on too much -- but if he's willing to entertain adding some links that others find -- he's now opened up the range of discussion we can have on that thread and opened up the potential to get assistance in assembling a collection of "definitive" links -- while at the same time made it more likely that the thread can be a jumping off point to learn more and discucss more deeply.
We don't want to be a forum where it's always just 5 of us talking to each other -- let's make an active effort to have our discussion threads be useful reference material so others can more easily participate in the discussions and learn more, and so that those who are more knowledgeable than us can more easily improve the content of a thread in a way that isn't so hard to find.
Regarding what are "reputable" sites -- I'm not hung up on that -- as long as the first poster is open to adding new links i think it's all good.
But if you have someone who is willing to do what renegade just did on that thread, then it opens up all sorts of possibilities for people working together. Like now i'm going to go send Renegade a few articles that i came across lately that i find fascinating.
The fact that he is willing to update his first post and organize the links makes all the difference, and i think adds so much to the discussion. It's not just that it adds to the discussion in terms of the people who were already discussing it, it's that it also opens up the possibility of new people jumping in, and increases the likelyhood that we will be discussing a common set of articles.
Renegade and I don't agree on too much -- but if he's willing to entertain adding some links that others find -- he's now opened up the range of discussion we can have on that thread and opened up the potential to get assistance in assembling a collection of "definitive" links -- while at the same time made it more likely that the thread can be a jumping off point to learn more and discucss more deeply.
We don't want to be a forum where it's always just 5 of us talking to each other -- let's make an active effort to have our discussion threads be useful reference material so others can more easily participate in the discussions and learn more, and so that those who are more knowledgeable than us can more easily improve the content of a thread in a way that isn't so hard to find.
Regarding what are "reputable" sites -- I'm not hung up on that -- as long as the first poster is open to adding new links i think it's all good.
