> "Lurking" is a word that maybe should be changed. It has dark > implications. Researchers may be on a list watching out for information Lurking is not a word with dark implications, any more than hacking is. They are words that have very specific meanings in the communities in which they originated. I see no reason to go around and politically correct words that are perfectly fine the way they are. Unfortunately people get all bent out of shape, because of words. Mostly this is because some people use them without understanding the context within which they are used, or are simply lacking knowledge in what they mean in a particular context and thus assign meaning not meant and get upset or upset others. I've been hacking my way through life for many decades. Now all of a sudden, people think it's a bad thing. Because people who did not understand what the word meant gave it a new meaning, and used it in place of a different word, cracking, and thus altered the generally perceived meaning to the world at large. Lurking is just someone who spend more time reading and posts rarely or not at all. There's no dark meaning here. These are not the words you are seeking to change. You can go. Move along. ;^) Good night all from an Ancient, Elite, Hacker and also a lurker on the Cheshire, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Transcribe, Nederlands, Rockland, CACert and ... lists, Brian P.S. being subscribed to over 16 lists (not all genealogy related) means I have to lurk on some of them, or give up all social, political, and employment activities. P.P.S. Sorry for the off-topic post, but this need to be said. I'll shut up now and go back to lurker mode for a while. But I want thank all those who have helped in my research over the years, and those who are mostly lurkers who have inadvertently helped me with intriguing questions.