[html5] Suggestion to close this list

[Ryan Farmer]

Tony I think your worry is valid. The ability for the average new web
developer to keep up with the 'framework-flavor of the week
race-to-the-top/bottom', 25K android devices and endless platform/os issues
is probably enough to drive them away from standards as soon as they get
their feet even remotely wet. That said, I've enjoyed keeping up with
things from this list. I'm active on it but definitely read it. If there is
a way to gauge number readers that might help you guys determine if the
effort is worth it. :)

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 1:17 PM, Tony Crockford <tonyc at boldfish.co.uk>
wrote:

> On 23 Aug 2017, at 18:04, Brian Tremblay <webmaster at tsmchughs.com> wrote:
>
> On 8/23/17 9:38 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
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> Since the traffic on this list is extremely low and there's a bit of
> work involved in keeping it running I suggest we discontinue it in
> favor of Stack Overflow, which has provided a reasonable forum for
> folks to ask questions about WHATWG standards in a way that's much
> better indexed and searchable.
>
>
> What is the address? (Or is it just the general Stack Overflow site?)
>
>
> I always liked the "official" nature of this list.
>
> Is there any chance of an official slack Channel we could join instead?
>
> Stack Overflow can get pretty noisy with no clear and definitive stance
> sometimes:
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/html5
>
> Or are the leading lights of WHATWG lurking on Stack Overflow ready to
> explain the official stance on a specific standard when needed?
>
> I sometimes worry that traffic has fallen away as new web developers don't
> really care about standards!
>
> :o)
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