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From: "Phil Wood" <>
Subject: Re: NEW British-Genealogy.com BRITISH MAILING LISTS AND WEB SITE
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 23:55:32 -0000
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"Rod Neep" <> wrote in message
news:O$Mi89cumve+...
> In article <>, Penny <>
> writes
> >Thanks to Phil for the explanation on Rootsweb policy. I'm not sure,
> >but
> >I think Rod said for the new lists he'd leave admin choices to each
> >list
> >to the respective admin.
>
> Yes.... it is up to each list admin to chose whether or not to make the
> British-Genealogy.com list archives public or available only to
> subscribers.
>
> They are the administrators of *their* mailing lists, and this is a
> point that I leave up to them.
>
> I can see advantages and disadvantages of both approaches.
>
> >If so, will this leave potential for the same
> >problems of admin disagreements as happens on Rootsweb?
>
> I was not aware that there were "disagreements" between Rootsweb list
> admins on this matter, and I don't see why there should be.
>

Rootsweb admins are able to disagree just as effectively as any other group
of people - but I have never come across any contention regarding the free
availability of the list archives to all. They have alays been freely
available, I can see no possible advantage to keeping them hidden.

The "admin disagreements" referred to are surely those between admins and
subscribers who want to post adverts or partake in on-list rows and trading
of insults.

Phil



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