Lester Curtis wrote:Mark Edgemon wrote:No really, the index pages for each month could be copied, formated and posted in about a half hour, including all categories and yes Lester, give me access to those pages and I WILL be glad to do it.
I wouldn't know where to look -- see Robert's comments in the first post in this thread. So, if you want to do LAST year's list, you'll have some difficulty, I'm afraid.
What I'm suggesting is that you keep the list organized and filed somewhere
starting now, while the information is up and easily available. Dead simple: click on one of those menu buttons on the left, and copy and paste that page into a file. If you'd like it enhanced, say with a tabulation of comments, easy-peasy, edit to your heart's content.
The thing is, Mark, YOU asked for this; no one else brought it up. I agree, it's a good idea. Problem is, the editors are telling you that they're swamped. The archives are a mess because no one's had time to catch up with that work. Don't assign them another job.
Leave last year's stuff alone and just start now with a new file for next year's, and people with appreciate it. Give yourself a title if you want. In the meantime, we'll get along as we have.
And no, I wasn't being snide. If YOU want to see this done, YOU should take ownership of it. No one will deny you permission, and I'm sure your efforts will be seen as helpful, but if YOU asked for it, YOU should be willing to do it.
Two things, the index pages must be somewhere for the 11 issues of 2012. I'm sure they were not deleted. The info on those pages can be highlighted, copied and pasted into a thread. Easy. I will do it if given a link to them or access to them.
Those index pages has the needed information.
You are swamped because of the spam. Many solutions are on the table including administrator control of sign ups. However, those in authority would rather spend countless hours deleting crap instead of preventing it.
Step back for a minute...do you realize how crazy this is...deleting hundreds of spam ads a month, instead of denying them access by having a membership director do the sign ups for the few who are added to the membership each month.
Another answer is to take more of the willing members and put them to work, me included, but that would mean delegating more authority.
"Getting along as we have" means that we must "remember" who wrote what. There are so few people now commenting, because of this kind of attitude of "getting along as we have".
We use to have hearty commenting and discussions a few years ago by intelligent writers who knew their stuff.
Where are they?
They don't want to be here. Who wants to wade through unnecessary spam ads? There is only a handful left. How long can you hold out and hang in there putting great time into doing a job, caused by an easily preventable problem?
So, assign new people to carry the workload. Give me access to the index pages of 2012 tomorrow (Friday) and watch me keep my word.
January 09, 2013, 03:22:28 PM 
Go as far as you like with it -- tabulate the number of positive and negative comments for each story while you're at it. Whatever you think might be helpful. Publish the results monthly, if that's something you think the readers could use.
