[UK-CONTEST] Replying

[Clive Whelan]

Callum

If for no other reason other than you seem to be a lone voice espousing 
what seems to me to be an eminently sensible p.o.v., let me say that I 
for one support your stance. As it happens I am a member of one other ( 
but just the one) group which defaults the way of uk-contest and that is 
also a British run group. Mostly, Brits run things better, but their one 
problem i.m.o. is serious resistance to change, a.k.a. the OF syndrome ( 
trust me on this, I am one!).

Whether the reply to, or reply to all option is selected, I will be 
copied personally with the opinion unless the user specifically deletes 
the address line in his/her mail client, and frankly I don't want much 
of that stuff in my personal in-box which is already congested with 
unwanted mail. A forum is a forum, and that is where all correspondence 
thereto should default unless the responder believes it is of specific 
interest solely to the poster, in itself quite a dangerous assumption 
i.m.o. If a user is sufficiently foolish or undiplomatic to call someone 
a silly so-and-so in public  that is their problem, from which they will 
soon learn or be shunned by their peers. It will be a valuable lesson, a 
sort of rite of passage in the use of public forums.

Change is good; especially when it changes the way I want ;-)

Keep on doing it.

73


Clive
GW3NJW

Callum m0mcx wrote:
>>>> How difficult can it be to decide between 'Reply' and 'Reply All'
>>>>         
>
> Roger, don't belittle people's views.
>
> I'm a member of groups where my responses are to THE GROUP - and that's the
> way it works. 
>
> If you contest committee and RSGB peeps want your own group, go and start
> one. The rest of us are happy to contribute to a GROUP. Most people here
> don't need to guard what they say, we are in this together
> to discuss contesting and radio - certainly that's what's happened in the
> past - although people seem to be extremely guarded.
>
> To suggest that by changing the reply-to option would change the flavour of
> the group is utterly ridiculous. And you can't compare the utter dross that
> used to be on the CDXC reflector to here. What changes groups is subtle
> management, not reply options. This group already has subtle management, to
> the point where unless you are a senior member of the committee or RSGB, you
> are unlikely to speak out (unless you have my sort of diplomacy!).
>
> I still vote for having a reply option that conforms to EVERY group that I'm
> a member of that doesn't have large numbers of G3s as members :)
>
> Still, I've not heard a valid reason why NOT to change other than "that's
> what we do around here". Don't argue with the powers that be.
>
> Hmmm. Food for thought.
>
> Callum McCormick
> http://www.m0mcx.co.uk/
> t: 07976 631881
> 65 Glendon Way, B93 8SY
> "Nordhavn needed. Send money."
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Roger G3SXW
> Sent: 07 May 2009 11:59
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Replying
>
> How difficult can it be to decide between 'Reply' and 'Reply All'. Anyway, 
> we went through all this on the CDXC reflector a few months ago: switching 
> to reply only to the sender cleaned up the dross hugely: quality not 
> quantity. It's not a chat-room, it's a bulletin-board. Leave it alone!
> 73 de Roger/G3SXW.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Callum m0mcx" <callum at mccormick.uk.com>
> To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 11:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Replying
>
>
>   
>> Safer? I'm always diplomatic, it's one of my strongest points!
>>
>> If we're up for a vote, then I vote we *DON'T* keep it this way since it's
>> backwards to every group I belong to.
>>
>>
>>
>> Callum McCormick
>> http://www.m0mcx.co.uk/
>> t: 07976 631881
>> 65 Glendon Way, B93 8SY
>> "Nordhavn needed. Send money."
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
>> [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dave Lawley
>> Sent: 07 May 2009 11:38
>> To: UK Contest Reflector
>> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Replying
>>
>> Having it set to reply by default to the poster, not the list, is safer.
>> You will know this if you have ever been on a list that is set the other
>> way and intended to send a private reply to the poster only for your
>> (perhaps undiplomatic) thoughts to be shared with the entire list!
>>
>> I vote for keeping it the way it is
>>
>> Dave G4BUO
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