Re: I'm gonna be an Indexer!! - SUMMARY

[jeremy@xxxxxxxxx (Jeremy H. Griffith)]

On Sun, 11 Jul 1999 12:21:34 -0700 (PDT), John Posada <jposada01@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Someone brought to my attention that they objected to
>my placing a response regarding my recent indexing
>query that was sent to me privately, on a summary web
>page. I only included responses that I believed
>contained an important piece of advice without being
>offensive or harmful. Maybe I didn't understand the
>true meaning of the post.

Very strange.  The "reply privately, originator posts
summary" policy is standard on the Net for technical
lists.  You were perfectly justified, IMHO.  The small
difference between posting the summary on a publically-
archived list like Framers, and your own Web site, does
not alter the fundamental policy, for me at least...

>I also believed that by removing the information
>regarding the source of the email, that I was
>protecting the "innocent" and at the same time,
>returning the favor of making available a very
>valuable resource to the list.

That can be a little problematic.  Usually, the posters
of the info to you will *want* to be credited in your
summary, and may object to becoming anonymous.  I'd say
the default is to identify sources, unless they request
otherwise.  I'd be interested to hear other views on
this point, as there is an apparent conflict between
privacy and giving credit where it's due.

>I'd like to do more of it, but not if it offends
>contributors.
>
>I responded to the person that sent me their
>objection, telling the person that I will remove their
>response if they wish.

Yes, I'd do that too.  And if they didn't want their answer
public at all, and said so, perhaps because it contained
proprietary information, I'd respect that too.

>In the mean time, I'd like to make two suggestions:
>
>1) If you sent me a response and would like to have it
>removed, let me know and it will be done immediately.
>
>The can be found from the following address:
>http://www.tdandw.com/Question_Summaries.htm
>
>2) If, you, as a reader and contributor to the list
>think this is a bad idea, let me know and I will
>discontinue the practice. You can send me your
>suggestion privately, which will remain private, with
>your opinion on this matter and I'd also like any
>suggestions on how this could be handled differently.

I think it's a *good* idea; in fact, it would be nice
if Brad linked to it from a FAQ page of his site...
with your permission, of course, as it's a deep link.
And I'll go read it myself... <bg>

-- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
  (jeremy@omsys.com)  http://www.omsys.com/

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