Lists/Portals - was Re: [Sca-cooks] STOP TOP POSTING!

[Tom Vincent]

Thanks!  What I was thinking about was a wiki-type of portal, where 
people could post recipes, photos, images, redactions, links to 
merchants, etc., that would be much more than just a discussion board or 
e-mail list.  Having a small group of people in charge of such a thing 
can result in distribution of labor, sharing of ideas, etc.

Here's what one (person?, group?) is doing SCA-wise out of Australia:

http://cunnan.sca.org.au/wiki/Main_Page

My concern about having what essentially becomes a library/repository of 
information is this:  How reliable is the backup procedures, if any, and 
what happens if the person running it goes away, forgets to pay the 
hosting bills, loses interest, etc.  Building a vast repository only to 
see it vanish in an instant would not only be devastating but a tragic 
loss.  Having a group of decision-makers limits the possibility of 
catastrophic failure due to a mistake or deliberate act of sabotage by 
any one person while also providing a variety of opinions and experiences.

Duriel

Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise wrote:
>> Well, that's part of the problem isn't it?  Shouldn't this be 
>> *everybody*'s list, not just "Papa's"?  One person gets pissed off and 
>> can arbitrarily kick people off, delete messages or shut down the list 
>> completely?  Shouldn't decisions (rare though they may arise) be made by 
>> the entire group directly or a smaller body of directly elected 
>> representatives?  Just a few thoughts.
>>     
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> Sounds like you have some good ideas for running a list. Let us know 
> where you've started it; we'll be happy to visit, just like we visit 
> Gunther's list.
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