[Data-modeling] Data-modeling list vs type discussion pages

[Tom Morris]

I posted the following a few days ago in the help forum on the
discussion hub.
http://www.freebase.com/discuss/threads/%239202a8c04000641f80000000012090ef
Since it's attracted no attention and concerns this list too, I
figured I'd repost it here to try and spark a discussion.

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Email notifications & Forum vs Data Modeling list

I've got two questions:

1. What should be discussed in the forums/discussion hub vs on the
data modeling email list?  For example, the discussion around the
Person topic has a bunch of stuff which is very similar to things that
get discussed on the list and I can't really tell what is appropriate
for which medium?

2. I just discovered replies to comments that I posted several months
ago.  I'm pretty sure that I never got email notification of them, but
that could have been operator error.  Are notifications turned on by
default?  Do notifications result in email or do they just add an
entry to the tab on my main discussion hub page (ie I have to log in
to see if anything happened)?

Tom

tfmorris 3 days ago
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For #2, I think I've figured out that notification gets sent for new
topics, but not new replies, which can make it difficult to sustain a
conversation.

As for #1, it seems like the finer granularity and the increased
context of the discussion boards should make them the appropriate
place for more of the conversation, but the fact that they're poorly
implemented and less frequented may mean this list needs to be the de
facto choice.  What do others think?  Having the conversations in two
different places without any coordination makes them harder to follow
(e.g. Faye & I on cemeteries in the discussion hub, Kirrily on burial
places here)

Tom