Subject: Re: [HM] Historia Matematica: our mailing list
From: Tony Mann (A.Mann@greenwich.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Jun 16 2000 - 05:32:51 EDT
Ivo Schneider wrote:
>
> .... since I am really busy I would like to see disappear those
> questions which begin like "as far as I remember the author
> was ..." "since these sources are not close enough to my elbow
> could somebody tell me ..."
Personally, I don't care too much about these. List members seem
remarkably willing to answer these questions, and sometimes it is
more efficient to ask someone who knows the answer instantly than to
spend many hours seeking something out. And often interesting debate
results from such questions. So long as no-one feelsobliged to spend
any time on these questions, I don't mind these emails. But that's
only my personal view.
Tony
Tony Mann
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