Greetings to the MF subscribers,
I'm a fairly recent convert to the joys of moq.org, having only started to
subscribe about six months ago. I've subscribed to both MD and MF forums,
but have contributed much more (almost exclusively) to the MD rather than
the MF. There are a number of reasons for this. The first is simply that the
topics that came up in the MD list were more interesting to me, and I felt I
had something to say on them. The second is that the MD list moved much more
quickly from topic to topic (more dynamic etc). The third is that, until
recently, I haven't felt sufficiently 'qualified' to comment in the MF
forum. It's much easier to dip your toe into the waters of the MD forum,
rather than the heavy lifting of the MF. However I do think that there is
scope for the MF list to run alongside the MD list, and I would be sorry to
see it abandoned (we could think of it as lying dormant for a little while
though?).
In particular, I think that there are topics which would be better suited to
the MF format. One is the 'tree' idea, setting out logically where different
choices about the MoQ dictate certain consequences. But there are also MD
inspired topics that really should be put through the MF process - for
example recent thoughts about how the different levels interact, and what
exactly IS the intellectual level.
One related thought. Is there scope for somewhere on the site having a
collection of 'seminal postings', or pointers to them in the archive, so
that newbies can get a feel for what has been discussed before, and
therefore (hopefully) not have to keep reinventing the wheel. (I'm thinking
of things like the SOLAQI idea of Bo's). The essays serve some of the same
purpose, but might in themselves be a bit daunting. I'm thinking of
something like a 'newbies corner', with a few explanations of key things,
pointers to key postings, and perhaps links to the biog sections so that
they can get a better feel for who is who. (BTW how do we get a bio posted?)
That's all for now, folks!
Sam
MOQ.org - http://www.moq.org
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