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Re: [xsl] Opinions, please. Keep entire archive or toss old?

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improper use of technical terminology:
http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200202/msg00641.html


poor understanding of xslt processing model leading to answer that
works, but is not guarenteed to work in all processors

http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200201/msg01239.html
leading to
http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200201/msg01368.html

- actually there was some really stupid stuff in that discussion that
I can't find.

basically bad code
http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200201/msg01139.html

and incapacity of dealing with a common problem
http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200202/msg00304.html



actually there is much worse out there which I can't seem to find now,
including the usual newbie question about namespaces, as in why can't
I match this rss element.



which jeni pointed out was because I had to declare the namespace and
bind it to my prefix.


On 10/12/05, Nathan Young (natyoung) <natyoung@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> OK this is making me really curious.  Will people please post a
> comprehensive list of the posts they are embarrassed about?  I'd like to
> go back and take a look!!!
>
> ---->N
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bryan rasmussen [mailto:rasmussen.bryan@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 1:37 PM
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [xsl] Opinions, please. Keep entire archive or toss old?
> >
> > do not toss.
> >
> > after all if it were to the benefit of those that asked beginner
> > questions at some point in the list's history it would also be to the
> > detriment of those who asked smart questions or contributed smart
> > answers.  Not to mention that someone might be linking to some early
> > smart answer and so forth.
> >
> > If you did drop it would these people next go after the internet
> > archive, not sure if they have the list archived but they might.
> >
> > This is one of the worst suggestions I have heard regarding a
> > technical matter from a technical community in a long period of time,
> > and I can only assume whoever made this suggestion knows it, or it
> > would have been made to the list.
> >
> > And that I say this, a guy who has probably asked some of the
> > stupidest things ever asked anywhere should cause these credit
> > boosting folks to reconsider IMHO.
> >
> > My mouth is filling up with bile and venom at the moment, I probably
> > shouldn't say any more.
> >
> > aaarrrrrggghhh,
> >  Bryan Rasmussen
> >
> > On 10/12/05, Mulberry Technologies List Owner
> > <xsl-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Friends --
> > >
> > > I have recently received two apparently unrelated requests to remove
> > > the first several years of the XSL-List archive from the server.
> > >
> > > Both were from people who seemed to be embarrassed that they had
> > > asked beginner questions and wanted to be known for their more
> > > advanced contributions. One also implied that since the practice of
> > > XSL has changed over the years the older postings are misleading.
> > >
> > > My personal inclination is to reject the requests, and the premise
> > > behind them. We all start every new technology as beginners, and
> > > those of us who know many things were beginners many times.
> > That's not
> > > something to be embarrassed about, in my opinion. I also do not see
> > > that the practice of XSL has really matured that
> > dramatically; people
> > > are still asking many of the questions we were discussing in 1998.
> > >
> > > But before making such a decision, I thought I'd ask the list for
> > > your opinions. (I would be willing to lop off the first few years
> > > if we really don't want them; I am not willing to edit the archive
> > > in any more manual or judgement-based way. I will not, for example,
> > > remove postings by people who don't want their names in the
> > archive.)
> > >
> > > So, what do you think?
> > >
> > > -- Tommie
> > > --
> > >
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