Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool2.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID: <2124938.TSiKBSEREo@PointedEars.de> From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 02:10:57 +0200 User-Agent: KNode/4.10.5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Face: %i>XG-yXR'\"2P/C_aO%~;2o~?g0pPKmbOw^=NT`tprDEf++D.m7"}HW6.#=U:?2GGctkL,f89@H46O$ASoW&?s}.k+&. <5jri399d4eof2s33gbbr0h4a6s8bl0t5c2@4ax.com> <5244c5cd$0$6562$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <$ANpbxEAnwRSFwd4@invalid.uk.co.demon.merlyn.invalid> <1894230.nSFya65fZn@PointedEars.de> <7o6l49d6sg3t2vk03j4097gfa836m7c4ui@4ax.com> <524b5d16$0$6557$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <33134eca-3798-49dd-bae0-b3dafcfe58a9@googlegroups.com> <52531cf4$0$6564$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 49 NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Oct 2013 02:10:59 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 36d36376.newsspool2.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=>iT?L>V62:mIkjb;<8iR=aA9EHlD;3Ycb4Fo<]lROoRa8kFbZB<8n X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:21581 Christoph Michael Becker wrote: > dhtml wrote: >> On Tuesday, October 1, 2013 4:39:51 PM UTC-7, Christoph Michael Becker > wrote: >>> John Harris wrote: >> >> [...] > > My apologies for having misspelled your name, Garrett. > >>> >>> I vote for: >>> >>> First choice: Garrett Smith >>> >>> Second choice: Thomas Lahn > > I assume that this is what you would vote for. That brings up the idea, > that you and Thomas might share the work of being the FAQ maintainer. In theory, it is possible. The FAQ for comp.lang.javascript that I am proposing is maintained via Subversion (for now), and there can be more than one committer. In practice, I do not like the idea of working together with someone who has abandoned his job and the target of his work for no other reason than being pissed off by comments – unless I have missed a *reasonable* explanation as to that –, and is now trying to make money from doing nothing about it for the last three years, and trying to have the work belittled or ignored that I have done in the meantime without any funds but my own (and, may I say, with exceptions, not a lot of moral, technical or content support from those who should benefit from that). I can assure you that FAQ maintenance has cost me almost nothing so far but a little free time now and then. While I agree that people willing to support the cause could donate (e.g. via PayPal) *once considerable work has been done* (and I would be willing to make that possible), I think crowdfunding FAQ maintenance *in advance* is way over the top, put politely. To me, maintaining a FAQ is a voluntary service to the online community, to your peers and like-minded people; it is like a calling. It is _not_ a job to make a living from. -- PointedEars Twitter: @PointedEars2 Please do not Cc: me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.