We are thinking of creating two comapnion lists: one for discussion, the other strictly as a database on the same topic. Our questions: - Are there other lists that do this? - Do you think it's worthwhile? Here are the details: - We would set up [log in to unmask], an open, unmoderated list for announcing and discussing educational resources on the net. It would not be archived. - We set up a companion list, [log in to unmask], strictly as a database of educational resources on the Internet. Only the owners would subscribe to edres-db, but anyone could access it as a database. We would forward to EDRES-DB any relevant posts from EDRES-L and other lists. We would also "advertise" EDRES-DB on EDRES-L and other lists. What are the benefits? - The database (EDRES-DB) would not be cluttered with posts of little use (e.g., "me too" posts; posts that heavily quote previous posts; long discussions in which only one or two of the many posts sum up the topic). - The discussion list (EDRES-L) would not be cluttered up with forwarded posts from other lists. - We could send to EDRES-DB long resource files that might be unappreciated by EDRES-L subscribers with limited disk space. - We could better control the database subject headers. - We could build EDRES-DB with both old and new files, without subscribers having to receive these files in their e-mail. What are the drawbacks? - Would many people use a database of a list they never subscribed to? I'm sure there are other drawbacks (and probably other benefits). Anyone have opinions on this companion list idea? Don [log in to unmask]