[CRS_META] Posting Full-Text Articles

[Michael Rae]

All:

Thou hast no right but to do thy Will.

First: again, I've moved this thread from the main list to Meta, as it's
about List policy, not CR. Conrad, I've cc'ed you specifically in case
you aren't familiar with this List policy (as your posting to the main
List suggests) and aren't signed up. Here is info on this list and how
to sign up:

http://calorierestriction.org/Mailing_Lists#crs_meta

Conrad Roland wrote:
> "Richard Schulman" <raschulman at verizon.net> wrote:
>> Conrad Roland:

>>> Al Pater posts MUCH invaluable information but also much that is 
>>> repetitive or that could profit greatly from careful, accurate 
>>> summarization or extensive cuts.
> 
> I prefer the full, uncut text by far. I prefer to decide myself what 
> is valuable and what is not valuable *for me*.

As everyone does -- for specific thinks of interest *to them* . Richard
presented a perfectly good solution to the problem of firehosing
everyone with information that they don't want vs many people
individually wanting access to information that they DO:

>>> Al has been very generous about forwarding full copies of 
>>> specific studies to those who request this of him in personal 
>>> emails. This option remains open to you if you don't have access 
>>> to a medical research library.

> BTW a lot of "significant" information is being posted by Al week 
> after week and most of us don't seem to really notice the in some 
> cases vital messages hidden in a long text. (Light green lettuce and 
> dark green vegetables may raise the risk of prostate cancer by 33%, 
> and "stuff" like that....)

That is, again, one of the 3 central reasons to turn off the firehose:

>>> When [judicious trimming] is not done, what is truly significant
>>> gets lost in a mass of material that isn't.

Love is the law, love under will.

-Michael

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