<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Maybe we don't hold discussions on the list, but only have them on the discussion page of the proposal?<div><br></div><div>Post to the list to say:</div><div>Title: Proposal re xxxxxxxxxxxx</div><div><br></div><div>I've come up with a proposal for xxxxxxxxxxxx</div><div><br></div><div>Link: yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy</div><div><br></div><div>Possibly include a brief synopsis of the proposal, but that should be on the proposal itself, so maybe not required?</div><div><br></div><div>Then everybody comments on the discussion page.</div><div><br></div><div>That page could get quite long, but should also be able to be laid out so that comments are grouped together</div><div>Part A</div><div>My explanation</div><div> Your comment</div><div> My reply</div><div> Their comment</div><div> Your response</div><div> My amendment</div><div>Part B</div><div>My explanation</div><div> Etc</div><div><br></div><div>2 weeks later, reply to your own original post to say "Voting now open - link xxxxxxxxxxxxx"</div><div><br></div><div>Carrying on with that idea, if you've come up with possible changes to an existing tag, then post as </div><div><br></div><div>Proposed changes to xxxxxxxxxx</div><div><br></div><div>Brief explanation</div><div><br></div><div>Link</div><div><br></div><div>So if anybody is interested in telephone lines, underground waterways, police facilities etc, they can go to that page & discuss it, but if they're not, they don't!</div><div><br></div><div>The mailing list should then become a concise index of what proposals are going through.</div><div><br></div><div>Would that all work?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks<br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-1156439812748328090gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Graeme</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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