Re: META: A CONLANG FAQ?

Thanks for writing.

On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 23:28:06 +0200, taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-
conlang@...> wrote:

>*Sai Emrys said on 2006-07-16 21:54:37 +0200
>> Basically, I'd like to suggestion that every month or so the list
>> owner should post a CONLANG FAQ - what the group is about, relevant
>> policies, group lingo (eg YAEPT, ANADEW, etc), suggestions for
>> formatting, CXS vs Unicode intro, etc.
>>
>> Does such a thing already exist? If so, I've not seen it being posted.
>
>Many attempts have been made, so far all attempts have failed. One
>possible reason is that "conlang faq" is construed to mean "a faq about
>conlanging, how to conlang and all things linguistic", instead of "a faq
>about the weirdities and in-jokes of the conlang-l mailing list as
>currently served on listserv.brown.edu, with historical footnotes for
>when it was hosted elsewhere." The latter is potentially a finite
>document, the former is certainly not.
But the former is much the more interesting.

What we'd actually need are the following;

1. The netiquette of the current incarnation of the CONLANG-L mailing list
as currently served on ListServ.Brown.Edu, especially including;
1a. What it's about. (Already in the statement one receives upon joining.)
1b. Tags. (Sketchy info in the statement one receives upon joining -- need
more)
1c. Formatting (if there are much in the way of rules)
1d. Policies including five-a-day-per-poster, hundred-a-day-per-list limit
on posts per day
1e. General politeness (Already in the statement one receives upon joining.)

2. Particular list-shareable resources, especially those made up by list
members for list members,
2a. especially including CX-SAMPA, information about which I cannot now
locate.

>t., who once tried to make such a beast...
Thanks for writing, taliesin.

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eldin

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