[Strategic] Too many lists?

[Richard Weait]

I suggest that we have too many English, general purpose lists.  I
think that we could easily roll talk-ca@, talk-us@ and talk-au@ into
talk@ without harming any of those communities.  None of the country
lists have enough traffic to cause a problem by overwhelming talk@

On the other hand, I think that the three country lists harm the
overall community by allowing Balkanization of community, tagging and
mapping.  I think that there is too little to distinguish the
communities to require distinct lists, and allowing the groups to
splinter and diverge is harmful.  As an example, it is better to have
cycle-mappers in US be aware of cycle mapping challenges in AU and CA,
rather than to believe that a unique US tagging scheme is required.

It might also be reasonable to roll the talk-gb and talk-ie etc, lists
back into talk@ as well, but I have no history with those lists.

In short, lists should be created based on demand, and then collapsed
when the demand abates.  It's time to move en-talk back to talk.

Just my thoughts.  How about you?