From @uga.cc.uga.edu:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET Wed Dec 2 18:43:01 1992 Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Wed, 2 Dec 1992 23:45:58 -0500 Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 1485; Wed, 02 Dec 92 23:42:31 EST Received: from UGA.BITNET by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (Mailer R2.08 PTF008) with BSMTP id 3543; Wed, 02 Dec 92 23:42:30 EST Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1992 23:43:01 -0500 Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: TECH/GENERAL: Text archive analyst volunteer(s) wanted X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Erik Rauch Status: RO X-Status: Message-ID: Before I left for Russia, I asked for volunteers, especially those who have been participating in discussions of Lojban texts and translations, to go through any archives they have of messages, and extract lists of unresolved issues that need John Cowan's or my or pc's opinions (or someone else's), as well as any agreements on issues that are not covered in our documentation and should be (especially in the textbook and dictionary). I have seen no postings of this type since then, and would like again to have one or more volunteers. I know at least one major area almost dropped through a crack because of this, since I noticed in reviewing my mail that in SEptemeber while John Cowan was out, someone called for him to review Nick's MEX text and the associated commentary and revise the MEX paper accordingly. Since John and I review Lojban text on this list belatedly if at all, comments in passing often get ignored [at least until much later], while they may have general application. Sometimes it is especially difficult for John and I in retrospect (not having been involved in the original discussion) to determine whether a significant comment was agreed with (we can sometimes see if the text was revised to reflect the comment, but only a fraction of posted Lojban texts are reposted with corrections after all commentary). Thus it is particularly valuable for the authors of texts to report on issues and understandings gained from comments. And we do want to eventually resolve outstanding issues raised in discussions. References to texts, approximate or exact dates and who made the comments are especially useful. lojbab