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I fully agree with what Mike says & would like to comment further. Over
the past few months I have noticed many postings raising questions which would
definitely be of interest to many in the group, but for which no replies
ever appear on Birding-Aus. Sometimes it would be a case of no one having
the answers but I'm sure many others are replied to in private, leaving many on
the list hanging out for a reply which never comes. Many people are reluctant to
post to the list in the light of previous arguments over relevance.
Russell, I hope I'm not overstepping the mark by appealing to people to
post any topic relevant replies to the list for the benefit of all as well as
the archives (unless of course they are of a personal nature).
Even in the case of requesting the location of the archives or other such
simple info (as happened this morning) posting the reply to the list lets others
know it's been answered and avoids the asker being swamped with dozens of
private replies.
A case in point is the posting by Mark Whittaker about the expansion of
Port Botany - if anyone has replied in private I'm sure others would want to
hear about it as well.
Cheers
Tim Dickson
Townsville
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