P3D History re-write...

[Dan Shelley <dshelley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Here is how they are created:  Someone has a deep interest 
> in a specialized subject that feels is not covered well in 
> the Big List.  So he decides to create a smaller specialized 
> list to encourage discussions in this specialized area of 
> interest.  If he can get enough people to participate 
> (including some who are not and do not want to be in the 
> Big List) then he has served a purpose.  If not, then this
> would be a dead list and the experiment has failed.

Good as this sounds, this is not why all of the sub list were created...
It actually came from people saying things like:

"Why are there so many messages on the BIG LIST about doing fratsa with
smaborgens? I don't have a samborgan, and on top of that, I don't even
like smaborgans. The smaborgagan proponents, whether they do fratsa or
not - should have their own list because I don't want to have to weed
thourgh their messages. I have my little corner of experience and
understanding, and do not need or want any other exposure." - John
"small minded" Doe

Or...

"Stop offering me things to buy, or telling me what you want to buy. I
get too many e-mails and this extra fluff just makes it too difficult
for me to ge to the good stuff in the list." - Jane "Don't want
extra/bonus opportunities in my life" Doe

Or...

"I am sick and tired of hearing everybody whine about the threads I
start on the BIG LIST, so I am starting my own. I don't like where the
BIG LIST is going anyway, so I don't want to be a part of that any
longer." - John "Napoleon" Doe

Or...

"Well, although my persplotzen really IS a type of 3D, althogh new, and
boundary stretching, I want to share what I am learning. But, since so
many here n the BIG LIST don't want to hear about the whole persplotzen
idea, I guess we should start a new list so those of us who are
interested can have a place to post messages every once and a while as
the need or desire arises." Jane "repressed minority representative" Doe

I hope these examples jog a bit of memory. Am I the only one who
remembers it this way? OR, am I out of my mind...? (A distinct
possibility!) 

I believe there are some of us out here who would not mind just ONE P3D
list to get mail from, the way it was years ago, and who mostly
dissagreed with splitting them in the first place.

I am getting dizzy up here on the soap box, so I must step down for a
bit...
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