[annotator-dev] [annotator] Anchor annotations to the closest ancestor ID? (#394)

[Benjamin Young]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Randall Leeds <randall at bleeds.info> wrote:

> I've removed the GitHub rely links from the CC, because apparently those
> are pegged to the person who got the notification and every reply looks
> like it comes from me.
>
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Ben Leinfelder <
> leinfelder at nceas.ucsb.edu> wrote:
>
>> Email is fantastic as an alert mechanism.* As an archive, it only works
>> if I was subscribed when the discussion began or if there is a reliable,
>> easy to use, and easy to point to repository for prior questions and
>> discussions.
>>
>> Benjamin was able to point us to two relevant conversations in a project
>> I certainly was not part of, or even aware of…because they were recorded in
>> GitHub. I can explore the entire thread, learn the context of the
>> discussion and maybe even the resolution if I choose to watch the topic.
>> That seems really useful to me.
>>
>> Maybe the gmane.org route will work for you. Mentioning that archive
>> somewhere obvious would be useful so that new people like me can do their
>> own legwork before bogging down the list with redundant "how do I…?" or
>> "what do you think about…?" questions. But I think I'd feel awkward joining
>> in the conversation if I had to open an entirely new email with, "hey guys,
>> I saw you were talking about this back in May, thought I'd chime in with my
>> thoughts now…"
>>
>
> Thread revivals are most welcome when there are new thoughts. Starting an
> email with a mention of the old thread is a great way to ensure that
> everyone knows you put the time in to read about the issue, and shouldn't
> be met with anything but acceptance.
>
> I took your advice about including a link to the archives. We should do
> something similar on annotatorjs.org.
> https://github.com/openannotation/annotator/pull/440
> https://github.com/openannotation/annotatorjs.org/issues/10
>

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