[gothic-l] Proposal for Germanic History List

[Tim O'Neill]

Regarding our recent discussion on Germanic history and the apparent
lack of a recognised forum for its discussion:-

I'm prepared to set up and administer a Germanic History and
Archaeology mailing list via e-groups.com.  I'm proposing for the
group to be as follows:

Scope: Discussion of the history, culture, archaeology and source
material relating to the early Germanic peoples from Prehistory to
circa 800 AD.

Moderation:  The proposed list will be unmoderated and open to any
and all membership.  The administrator will have the task of ensuring
members stick to accepted netiquette however and abusive, offensive,
racist or otherwise disruptive posters will run the risk of exclusion.

Home page:  The administrator will establish and maintain a homepage
for the list, which will include access to the list archives, a
collection of featured posts, articles and book reviews, links to
other Germanic history resources and other material or features
suggested by the list members.  This page will be submitted to
appropriate search engines and webrings to ensure growth in
membership.

Language: Posts to the list will primarily be in English, but
contributions in other languages will be welcome.

Name:  Need some help here - Germanic-L?  EarlyGermanic-L?
EarlyGermans-L?  Germania-L? Suggestions welcome.

Of course, if no-one is interested I won't bother, but I think the
way Gothic-L has moved from purely Gothic linguistics to Gothic
history and now to broader discussions about the early Germanic
peoples shows that there is a need for such a list.  I don't think it
will be to the detriment of Gothic-L in any way and I'm sure most
prospective interested members would stay members of and contributors
to both lists.

What do people think?  I'll do all the work, all I need is the
support.
Cheers,

Tim O'Neill



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