Re: [Haskell-begin] Re: New List

I'm all for at least trying out [Haskell-beginners]. I believe it's easier to understand on first look, even for non native English speakers. Let's give it a shot! On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 6:49 AM, Benjamin L. Russell wrote:

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:49:19 +0300, "Angelos Sphyris" wrote:

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I believe that using beginners@haskell.org and [Haskell-begin] in the subject line may confuse people. So, I would opt for [Haskell-beginners].

Thank you for your response.

While I agree for this exact reason, since some users had voiced the view that "[Haskell-beginners]" seemed too long, I would rather wait for a few days to see the overall response to the argument (it is possible that some readers may have been too busy to check this thread lately).

If "[Haskell-beginners]" seems acceptable as a prefix for the subject line to readers of this mailing list, let's try it out to see if it works (we can always change it back). Otherwise, we'll just continue using "[Haskell-begin]."

I would suggest at least trying out "[Haskell-beginners]" on a few threads for a few days to see if it can work. Otherwise, we will never know. If readers then start complaining "I can't stand the new prefix, because now I can't read the subject line well in my narrow mail tool/newsreader window," then I'll change it back right away. Then we'll know for sure. Some users may actually prefer the new prefix.

I'll wait for about three days to see the response to this argument on this thread before actually changing anything, unless readers say that trying out the new prefix is not acceptable.

-- Benjamin L. Russell

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