Re: [HACKERS] List traffic

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"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> wrote:
> On Fri, 14 May 2010, Kevin Grittner wrote:

>> Given that, the fact that -admin, -novice, -sql, and
>> -performance collectively get as many posts as -general suggests
>> that people are, in fact, making some effort to find a list which
>> seems a good fit. Perhaps if the description of -general was
>> changed to suggest it *was* a catch-all for posts which don't fit
>> the other lists, things would improve.
>
> Can you offer improvd / stronger wording on this ... ?

Well, I'm not the best wordsmith around, but maybe something like:

General discussion area for users. If there is no other list which
seems to fit, post here.

The note that many of the developers monitor should probably be
placed ahead of a grouping of lists for which that is true.
-general is certainly not the only one, and only mentioning it for
that list might cause people to post there rather than on a more
specific list.

-Kevin