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Just a comment to pick up on Fr. David's posting - to which there doesn't s=
eem to have been any response so far.
Many of the helpful and authoritative postings on this list - especially Da=
vid's - ARE much appreciated, and I was certainly very grateful for Andrew =
Aspland's list (acknowledged off-line), for David's posting on Sculcoates a=
nd Imber and for other recent contributions.=20
Perhaps we don't want yet more postings JUST to say thank you - the list is=
sometimes cluttered enough with messages of little substance - but it is i=
mportant to recognise that extracting and typing up information takes time.=
Moreover, not everyone involved in bell history IS willing to share inform=
ation and to take time to look things up for other people.=20
Information exchange is what makes this list really useful, so it's importa=
nt we observe a few common courtesies in order to maintain the goodwill and=
spirit of co-operation on which it depends. May I suggest that this could =
/ should include:
1. Not always asking fresh questions as soon as someone has provided inform=
ation - the fear of "what's coming next" can be a significant disincentive =
to posting details at all!
2. Saying thank you - especially where information has been provided in res=
ponse to a request (and doing so off-line unless there is something of publ=
ic interest to add to what has been posted)
3. Recognising that information that has often taken a long time to assembl=
e (years!) can now be shared and disseminated with relative ease as "public=
knowledge" - great, but let's just be sensitive. Don't alienate those who =
do share their researches and discoveries by taking unreasonable liberties =
or by taking it for granted
Sorry not to have thanked YOU this time, David.=20=20
CP
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Just a comment to pick up on Fr. David's p=
osting -=20
to which there doesn't seem to have been any response so far.
Many of the helpful and authoritative post=
ings on=20
this list - especially David's - ARE much appreciated, and I was certainly =
very=20
grateful for Andrew Aspland's list (acknowledged off-line), for David's pos=
ting=20
on Sculcoates and Imber and for other recent contributions.
Perhaps we don't want yet more postings JU=
ST to say=20
thank you - the list is sometimes cluttered enough with messages of little=
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substance - but it is important to recognise that extracting and=
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typing up information takes time. Moreover, not everyone involved in b=
ell=20
history IS willing to share information and to take time to look thing=
s up=20
for other people.
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Information exchange is what makes this li=
st really=20
useful, so it's important we observe a few common courtesies in order to=20
maintain the goodwill and spirit of co-operation on which it depends. May I=
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suggest that this could / should include:
1. Not always asking fresh questions as so=
on as=20
someone has provided information - the fear of "what's coming next" can be =
a=20
significant disincentive to posting details at all!
2. Saying thank you - especially where inf=
ormation=20
has been provided in response to a request (and doing so off-line unless th=
ere=20
is something of public interest to add to what has been posted)
3. Recognising that information that =
has often=20
taken a long time to assemble (years!) can now be shared and disseminated w=
ith=20
relative ease as "public knowledge" - great, but let's just be sensitive. D=
on't=20
alienate those who do share their researches and discoveries by taking=20
unreasonable liberties or by taking it for granted
Sorry not to have thanked YOU this time, D=
avid.=20
CP
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