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- From: andrew@calvin.dgbt.doc.ca (Andrew Patrick)
- Subject: Re: comp.sources.reviewed and a blast from the past
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.150535.15169@rick.dgbt.doc.ca>
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- Organization: Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada
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- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 15:05:35 GMT
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- As the moderator of comp.sources.reviewed, I can add some more
- information to this discussion.
-
- In article <1992Aug12.152145.26416@osf.org> rsalz@osf.org (Rich Salz) writes:
- >People on the net have written an amazingly large number of useful packages,
- >yet for comp.sources.reviewed:
- > The ratio of administrative articles to sources postings is amazingly high.
-
- Of the 142 postings to the group since its start, 49 (35%) have been
- information postings. The number of information postings has been
- reduced recently by combining most of the information into one monthly
- posting. I would think that one monthly information posting is a
- minimum. The problem is not too many information postings, the problem
- is not enough source postings. Read on...
-
- > The number of programs posted per month is amazingly low.
-
- Agreed.
-
- > The total number of distinct* packages posted is amazingly low.
-
- Agreed.
-
- > The percentage of submissions that do not get resubmitted is too high.
-
- Agreed. As of last count 14/41 (34%) of the submission had been
- reviewed and changes had been recommended, but the authors had not
- submitted a new version. The reasons behind this are not known.
- Perhaps people are not interested in producing the best software they
- can. I don't believe that the reviews we have been returning have been
- unreasonable, but others who have been through the review process
- should answer this question.
-
- > The number of initial submissions is amazingly low.
-
- I think this is the root of the problems that people have been
- commenting on. After operating for about 18 months, we have only
- received 41 submissions. Many news groups have that many postings
- every day. Of those, we have posted 12 (29%), which is probably too
- low. However, another 34% are only being held up by the fact that the
- authors have not revised their work and sent it in again. When
- submitters are serious about their software, we are usually able to
- complete a couple of rounds of reviews and get things posted within a
- few months.
-
- I have posted a Call for Submissions in the past. Perhaps I should
- make this a monthly posting :-) Seriously, any ideas on how to
- increase the number of submissions would be most welcome.
-
- Please let the discussion continue.
-
-
- --
- Andrew Patrick, Ph.D. Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, CANADA
- andrew@calvin.dgbt.doc.CA
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