[AccessD] From your friendly moderator

...nah ...say it ain't so! ...JC gettin' out of hand? ...why I declare, I 
never heard such a thing. :)

William Hindman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
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Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] From your friendly moderator


> Additionally, one big problem is the numbers of list members on the 
> various
> lists.  I do not know for sure, but I suspect that the AccessD list has
> several hundred members, whereas the Tech list might have 50.  If that is
> the case, then to ask a question of the tech list is probably not very
> useful.
>
> Yes, this is an ACCESS list, but if there are 400 ACCESSD list members, 
> how
> many of them might use COMODO firewall (for example), as opposed to how 
> many
> of the 50 (number totally made up) Tech list members?
>
> We have always fielded OT questions on AccessD, and of late, yes, it has
> been a little out of hand (mostly me I suspect).
>
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 4:39 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] From your friendly moderator
>
> I agree that the borders between the various lists have been criss-crossed
> as many have been using the shot-gun approach to ask and answer questions.
>
> On the other hand much of the newer technology is morphing and the strict
> borders are no longer realistic. Example the Access list looks more like 
> the
> 'Access.Net using SQL 2005' list. No longer does Access just use the MDB
> database and eventually SQL DB with .Net/Framework/Mono calls will become
> fully incorporated.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Francisco Tapia
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 9:48 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] From your friendly moderator
>
> Well said!
>
>
> On 5/14/07, Andy Lacey <andy at minstersystems.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> We seem to have let our standards slip recently regarding posting
>> topics to the appropriate lists, and regarding cross-posting. Can I
>> just remind everyone that we have a specific SQL-Server list, one for
>> VB, one for Visio, a dba-Tech list for other IT matters, and an OT
>> list for non-IT matters (see
>> http://www.databaseadvisors.com/lists/whatandhow.asp )? Please make
>> more use of these other lists and try to limit AccessD to Access
>> stuff. I know that AccessD is the main list, but SQLServer and VB
>> particularly have many members and are specifically geared to
>> answering questions on those topics.
>> If you have a question which belongs on one of the other lists I urge
>> you to please post it on the appropriate list first. If you don't get
>> the response you're after and believe that reposting to AccessD will
>> help then of course you're going to, but you should then append
>> "(originally posted to dba-xx)"
>> to your subject. This will help people who have already seen the 
>> original.
>> It may even encourage wider membership of the other lists. Please
>> avoid the scatter-gun approach of just posting the same question
>> straight away to all of the lists. This generates wasted bandwidth, is
>> a particular irritant for those on multiple lists and uses up storage
>> in our archive. Many thanks for your co-operation.
>>
>> -- Andy Lacey
>> http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
>>
>>
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