On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've been watching several "WG adoption" threads since Prague, > and I have a question. > > Is it useful for authors of a draft to send messages saying things > like "I support the adoption of this draft as a WG document." ? > > I'm not asking whether it's right or wrong, just whether such > a message helps the WG Chairs in evaluating consensus. Personally I find them annoying -- to me it always feels like "Me too!", or a desperate attempt to make it look like there is support for the document. Obviously, if you do NOT support adoption (or WGLC) and are an author, that is really important, and you should speak up, loudly! As with everything, "it depends", but I assume that, if you are an author of a document, that: A: you wrote it for some reason B: you'd like something to happen with it sometime and C: you have been in contact with your co-authors. By the time there is a CfA there should have already been some discussion on list, and so both the WG and chairs should have some idea what's going on.... W > > (I see similar messages from non-authors, and I am definitely > doubtful about them unless they start with something like "I have > read this draft and...".) > > Brian > -- I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad idea in the first place. This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair of pants. ---maf