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Date: 09 Jun 99 18:40:54 GMT

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From: C.Meli <cme...@cis.um.edu.mt>

Subject: Re: *scm* Newsgroup proposals

Organisation: University of Malta

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>

> This is a very short term view like teaching philosophy

> in kindergarten ( nuna ). Let’s start with highly

> controversial subjects e.g. the level of corruption in

> the church, government etc. keeping within the limits set by

> Clyde and then go on to the academic subjects referred to below.

Remember that the limits are there for everyone’s benefit. But go ahead

with the discussion. I wish that discussions take place in a

constructive way, and try to keep them related to Malta [ the occasional

off topic thread is ok, perhaps you can use a subject ‘OT:’ .

>

> >

> >******

> >I have noticed over the last few months in particular the limited number

> >of

> >postings to alt.culture.malta. I also noticed that certain subjects

> >seem to

> >trigger more replies-to-group than others. For example, a posting

> >saying

> >that a person is about to visit Malta and is seeking recommendations for

> >good restaurants and bars would appear to solicit more replies than a

> >request for information, say, about classical piano recitals at the old

> >Manoel Theatre during the years 1900-1910 or a request for information

> >on

> >Maltese poems used by the Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis as basis for

> >musical compositions in the early 1970s.

It depends on the readership at the time, I think. Unless someone who

knows that particular subject happens to be on the mailing list or

to read the newsgroup, it won’t get many responses if any. You can always

try again later, who knows when someone else subscribes, it might be someone

interested in the subject.

> >

> >Should the scope of the NG be widened to include other countries – or

> >islands – the number of postings relating to Malta will most likely

> >remain

> >limited. In soc.culture greek, for example, Crete and Cyprus are rather

> >well represented, Sicily and the other Italian islands are also well

> >represented in alt.culture.italian. (Why a person seeking information

> >about

> >the evolution of the Sicilian dialect of Italian would post a question

> >in

> >English to alt.culture.malta is beyond me.) What I forsee happening is

> >this: currently we have, say, 5 postings a week about Malta; should the

> >NG

> >be widened in scope, we would then perhaps have 15 postings a week * but

> >still the same 5 about Malta *.

> >

> >I personally would like alt.culture.malta (or soc.culture.malta) to

> >remain

> >MALTA. However, I would like to see some kind of movement afoot to

> >attract

> >the attention and interest of the many, many Maltese who have fabulous

> >knowledge in just about every field imaginable. Let’s face it, if, for

> >example, I post three questions about the medical facilities on the

> >island

> >during the Great Siege and never get a single reply, I’ll be damned if

> >you’ll ever see me posting another question about Maltese history. And

> >there goes one subject …. ad infinitum!

As I said, the readership varies for various reasons, at times some

unsubscribe, at other others subscribe, during exams or during the

summer vacations etc students tend not to be active on mailing lists

and newsgroups etc. So don’t give up. If you give up then the whole

thing will be less useful.

The problem in attracting the attention of the many Maltese is mainly

how to get them attracted to a mailing list or to using a usenet newsgroup.

Some don’t like the mailing list version and don’t know how to use a

newsreader (there are solutions to this – various web sites like

Dejanews, MNR etc). Of course another reason is some are not that interested

in the subject at all which is a pity.

> >

> >My 2 cents worth.

> >—

> >Tony Vella

> >Ottawa, Canada

> >tony...@sympatico.ca

> >ICQ #27014379

> >-

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