Project lists, I believe, are for organizations that have something to do with genealogy. I requested a mailing list for a personal project of mine years ago and was denied the list and advised to use the state/county list that was already available. It makes sense. On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:29 PM, James R. Davis <james.davis1@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > Hi All, > I haven't commented here in a long time, but in looking at the > RootsWeb entry page for requesting a list I see I can request: > ) Surnames > ) Localities (Counties only) > ) Miscellaneous > They want you to input the requested list name and a description of it. > This looks very much like Message Boards that allow: > ) Surnames > ) Localities > ) Topics > > So please explain and differentiate the words Miscellaneous, Topics, > and Projects. Looking at Topics on Message boards there are tons. I'm > just > trying to figure out what a project is and why you can't get permission to > create a list for it. Is it that "project" implies something that "topics" > doesn't? Who cares? If someone wants to create a list to share ideas that > is somehow related to Genealogy why would someone else want to prevent > their > sharing? How about this project: Restoration of Old Stone Fort Historical > Museum and the expansion of research materials about the period 1840-1900 > including information about the people who lived there. What parts would > not be allowed? The funding and reconstruction of a building? What if > this > mentioned who were the movers in shakers of getting the funding or doing > the > construction work. RW or Ancestry would have no idea about the depth of > information or whether it will actually connect to genealogy until after > the > list goes into use. > If the above project list were allowed, and I don't understand why > not, then wouldn't it just be up to the facilitator to decide if posts were > or were not on topic? If I had the project and you wanted to list new > books > about Texas that have been acquired at a library in California, I'd say > this > request to list your books is off topic because it has nothing to do with > Old Stone Fort or the Nacogdoches area. However the poster would complain > that it does have to do with TX. That is why the facilitator of list gets > the big bucks and has to make these decisions. > > Am I missing something here? Why are projects not allowed but > Miscellaneous and Topics are allowed? > James R. Davis, Sacramento, Ca > > -----Original Message----- > From: listowners-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:listowners-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of W David Samuelsen > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 5:40 PM > To: listowners@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LO] Projects owning lists? > > If the listadmin is found to prevent, restrict anyone from outside > listadmin's project, the list can be taken away, once the complaint is > filed > and investigated by RW. The policy has already established for years > governing the lists having NO variations of genweb in the mailing list > names. > > David Samuelsen > > On 4/25/2012 6:08 PM, Nan wrote: > > It could be a WorldGenWeb list. Is it listed under WorldGenWeb when > > you go to the browse mail lists page? > > > > If not, it could the the admin is connected to WorldGenWeb, has had > > the list forever, and just assumes the two go together. It has been > > known to happen. > > > > Nan > > > > On 4/25/2012 4:31 PM, Christina Hunt wrote: > >> This comment was posted by a list admin in response to a posting for > >> free data on a project website: > >> > >> >> This is a WorldGenWeb list. I don't mind postings letting folks > know what > >> >> new things you have on your site, but I do mind making > requests. > Especially > >> >> when you haven't contacted me and asked if Mind. > >> > >> My understanding was that lists are no longer given out to a > >> "project" but that a county list is a county list. The project idea > >> led to duplicate lists which is no longer done. > >> > >> I know the pages describing lists are old and still often say the > >> list is for such and such a project. At least this is so in Ireland. > >> > >> I would like to know the current Rootsweb standing on genealogy > >> projects owning lists. > >> Does any one know? > >> Thanks, > >> Christina > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >