Proposal: An separate antedatings list

[Joanne M. Despres]

I would very happily subscribe to a separate mailing list devoted to
antedatings.

Joanne Despres

On 1 Nov 2007, at 17:13, Grant Barrett wrote:

> On Nov 1, 2007, at 14:54, RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
> > I sometimes wonder if it wouldn't be better if those who are
> > interested to start a separate antedatings list.
>
> I second Ron's thought and would like to make it a proposal.
>
> An antedatings list would greatly reduce the noise here and might
> make other messages perceived as off-topic seem more bearable.
>
> The number one complaint I read and hear from subscribers or would-be
> subscribers is that there is simply too much mail from antedatings.
> According to what I have in my ADS folder, in the last four months
> 3691 message have been sent to the list, about 922 a month or 30 a day.
>
> Discussion?
>
> I am particularly interested hearing from antedaters, as any new list
> would be useless unless they moved their postings from ADS-L to the
> new list. I know many of you post them here because you know editors
> for the major dictionaries subscribe, so I also want to hear from the
> dictionary editors: would you also subscribe to the new list? (I
> would, for one.)
>
> (Technical issues are not an issue here--a new, permanent list can be
> set up any one of dozens of ways.)
>
> Grant Barrett
> Vice President of Communications and Technology
> American Dialect Society
> http://www.americandialect.org
> gbarrett at worldnewyork.org
>
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