Hi

There has been quite a bit of talk about the future of UKSW and the state it's currently in.

As you know for the last 18 months or so I've been promoting a blog (http://xmetman.wordpress.com) that I've built, as well as publicise my Central England Temperature web site (http://www.centralenglandtemperature.co.uk/). Its not easy on both scores to interest people in weather and climate when there are so many sites across the internet trying to do the same thing, but I have been heartened over the last couple of weeks since starting to post to the Net Weather forum that finally (after a lot of hard work) my blog is starting to pick up some interest.

I don't think that anyone of us can fix what's wrong with UKSW, it's a reflection of all the people who still bother to post to it, many out of habit.

What I'm currently doing is cross posting topics to both UKSW and the appropriate forum at Net Weather and seeing what kind of response (if any) I get..

Its the acid test for me, and I think if you try it I think you'll find it refreshing and a lot more pleasant.

Bruce.

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Hi

There has been quite a bit of talk about the future of UKSW and the state
it's currently in.

As you know for the last 18 months or so I've been promoting a blog
(http://xmetman.wordpress.com) that I've built, as well as publicise my
Central England Temperature web site
(http://www.centralenglandtemperature.co.uk/). Its not easy on both scores
to interest people in weather and climate when there are so many sites
across the internet trying to do the same thing, but I have been heartened
over the last couple of weeks since starting to post to the Net Weather
forum that finally (after a lot of hard work) my blog is starting to pick up
some interest.

I don't think that anyone of us can fix what's wrong with UKSW, it's a
reflection of all the people who still bother to post to it, many out of
habit.

What I'm currently doing is cross posting topics to both UKSW and the
appropriate forum at Net Weather and seeing what kind of response (if any) I
get.

Its the acid test for me, and I think if you try it I think you'll find it
refreshing and a lot more pleasant.

Bruce.
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Bruce

you should consider (also?) UKweatherworld.co.uk

Good bunch of people on UKWW. Very little if any pettiness and some serious
scientific contributors.
This is not to say there aren't some on other forums but UKWW, in my
opinion, seems the best in this regard.

Joe

On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 06:04:03 -0700 (PDT)
exmetman wrote:

Hi

There has been quite a bit of talk about the future of UKSW and the
state it's currently in.

As you know for the last 18 months or so I've been promoting a blog
(http://xmetman.wordpress.com) that I've built, as well as publicise
my Central England Temperature web site
(http://www.centralenglandtemperature.co.uk/). Its not easy on both
scores to interest people in weather and climate when there are so
many sites across the internet trying to do the same thing, but I
have been heartened over the last couple of weeks since starting to
post to the Net Weather forum that finally (after a lot of hard work)
my blog is starting to pick up some interest.

I don't think that anyone of us can fix what's wrong with UKSW, it's
a reflection of all the people who still bother to post to it, many
out of habit.

What I'm currently doing is cross posting topics to both UKSW and the
appropriate forum at Net Weather and seeing what kind of response (if
any) I get.

Its the acid test for me, and I think if you try it I think you'll
find it refreshing and a lot more pleasant.


Only one problem with the Netweather forum - it's a forum! NNTP is far
more convenient and quicker to use.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through
our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that
democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'
- Isaac Asimov.

Thanks Joe - I forgot about them!

Graham

You have a point but its great to be able to embed images with your post rather than point people at a URL.

Bruce.

exmetman wrote:
Graham

You have a point but its great to be able to embed images with your post rather than point people at a URL.

Bruce.
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Maybe everyone who doesn't like UKSW leaves and then it will be back as
it was!

On 17/08/2013 18:02, JCW wrote:

you should consider (also?) UKweatherworld.co.uk

Good bunch of people on UKWW. Very little if any pettiness and some
serious scientific contributors.
This is not to say there aren't some on other forums but UKWW, in my
opinion, seems the best in this regard.

Thanks Joe, I've just registered to join. I'm pretty much fed up with
the lack of restraint on here so will go and learn from that forum. Sad
because this place is the first thing I check in the morning, after
emails. Thanks again for the link.

--
Wendy Tinley
SE Sheffield
4 miles west of junction 30 M1

On 19/08/2013 12:20, Dave Cornwell wrote:
exmetman wrote:
Graham

You have a point but its great to be able to embed images with your
post rather than point people at a URL.

Bruce.
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Maybe everyone who doesn't like UKSW leaves and then it will be back as
it was!

Exactly. In the meantime with a decent newsreader killfile is my friend.
But wait, there are only 2 regulars in there.

--
George in Epping, west Essex, 350'asl
www.eppingweather.co.uk
www.winter1947.co.uk

On 19/08/2013 12:58, George Booth wrote:
On 19/08/2013 12:20, Dave Cornwell wrote:
exmetman wrote:
Graham

You have a point but its great to be able to embed images with your
post rather than point people at a URL.

Bruce.
---------------------------------------
Maybe everyone who doesn't like UKSW leaves and then it will be back as
it was!

Exactly. In the meantime with a decent newsreader killfile is my friend.
But wait, there are only 2 regulars in there.



Will Hand as joined UKWW, and I think I will soon. Dullish's poison has
nearly killed this ng. :-(

On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 13:02:13 +0100
Joe Egginton wrote:

On 19/08/2013 12:58, George Booth wrote:
On 19/08/2013 12:20, Dave Cornwell wrote:
exmetman wrote:
Graham

You have a point but its great to be able to embed images with
your post rather than point people at a URL.

Bruce.
---------------------------------------
Maybe everyone who doesn't like UKSW leaves and then it will be
back as it was!

Exactly. In the meantime with a decent newsreader killfile is my
friend. But wait, there are only 2 regulars in there.



Will Hand as joined UKWW, and I think I will soon. Dullish's poison
has nearly killed this ng. :-(



He is not killing the group; I'm sorry to say that it's those who
are leaving the group instead of kill-filing him that are responsible.
I rarely, if ever, see Dawlish's posts these days so, in effect, he and
his 'poison' just don't exist. Why, in that case, would I want to run
away from here with my tail between my legs?

I do follow a few forums, but only when there is no alternative. Most
of them are quite inferior to NNTP; the rest are very inferior. With
one piece of software, I can see on a single screen the state of all my
mail, RSS feeds and over thirty newsgroups. I can set it to
automatically update and highlight groups that have new posts. Could
someone like to explain how I would be able to manage that with forums?

As I said, I have reluctantly joined a few forums but get fed up with
the way they have different user-interfaces which often fail to do many
of the things I can do with a newsreader. Many times I've had to figure
out which way to achieve something an a particular forum, only to
finally realise that it's not possible on that one.

Please, people, don't run away.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks.
'To do is to be' - Nietzsche
'To be is to do' - Kant
'Do be do be do' - Sinatra