The archives are certainly a valuable resource. Indeed, a number of
birdwatchers exclusively access Birding Aus via the archive - over 10%
of the people who have so far completed the Birding Aus census have
indicated that they just access the archives rather than receiving BAus
emails.
If you haven't already taken part in the Birding Aus census, I'm
looking to hear from both people who are subscribed to Birding Aus and
people who just peruse the archives, people who are regulars and people
who only surface to post RFIs, people who live in Australia and people
who live overseas.
In particular, I'm collating comments on Birding Aus, so if you want to
give Russell Woodford some feedback on this common resource, please
contact me to receive the questionnaire.
Regards, Laurie.
On Wednesday, August 1, 2007, at 09:00 AM, Peter Shute wrote:
Many people do this (ask the list for site info), so you'd think that
by now all one has to do is search the birding-aus archives to get the
information, rather than asking again. But it seems that many people
send their replies directly rather than via the list, meaning there
are a lot of requests in the archives with few or no answers.
Try searching for "RFI Bright" for an example (although perhaps there
really were no answers).
There must have been a wealth of site information passed around like
this, that has gone no further than the original recipient. Maybe
some people don't want their favourite sites to become general
knowledge, maybe they just forget to reply to the list, or maybe they
feel no one else is interested. I don't know why it happens, but if
it happened less, then the archives would be a better resource.
Peter Shute
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