SV: [ADMIN] Closing INDOLOGY

[Vielle Christophe]

Ruzsa-Fosse's proposal seems also to me a very good one.
It would be the "service" of the scholars in indology, acting as "filters",
to submit to that kind of list the valuable questions they would get from
non-specialists.
Anyway, thank you to Dominik Wujastyk (in fact, do you get the copies of
the articles on IE medical comparison that I sent to you some months ago?).

>Ferenc Ruzsa [SMTP:f_ruzsa at LUDENS.ELTE.HU] skrev 17. april 2001 01:05:
>> Thank you, Dominik, for all your troubles; time and again I was admiring
>your
>> patience.
>>
>> I agree that a radical step was unavoidable.
>> But why not a thorough reform instead? E. g. a closed list for serious
>> scholars, but open for everyone to read? Please, reconsider.
>
>I second Ferenc Ruzsa's proposal! (As well as all the thanks to Dominik).
>
>Some years ago, I shared Dominik's views on availability. The development
>of Indology has shown that without a moderator, any open list can become
>the prey of political marauders and other non-desireables. Since a
>moderator is out of the question, Ferenc's proposal seems to be the best
>choice: A list where professionals with "write" privilege discuss, whereas
>others with an interest in the subject can listen in. With such an
>arrangement, non-professionals who want to ask serious questions can turn
>directly to the experts on the list and get an answer in private, whereas
>the readers of the list don't have to waste their time on bizarre and
>uprofessional discussions. The motives for propagandistic assaults will
>then disappear, and Indology might then return to being what it was
>originally: an important scholarly resource.
>
>Lars Martin Fosse

Dr. Christophe Vielle
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