Re: Improve visibility of RFC negative feedback

On 5 August 2019 14:33:53 BST, Dan Ackroyd <Danack@basereality.com> wrote: >When someone creates an RFC, near the top of that page they should >create a link to a separate page that will contain negative feedback. >People other that the RFC author are free to put whatever negative >feedback think is appropriate on that 'negative feedback' page. Hi Dan, I think this is a really sensible idea. The key difference between an RFC and a discussion thread is that it presents a summary or synthesis, which can be much more easily digested than a full discussion. It is also, crucially, editable, so can be reworded or corrected to clarify points; in an email thread, a reader often has to read the first attempt at conveying something, then follow a series of errata down the sub-thread. As Zeev mentioned, it might be enough to have a standard format for this, rather than always requiring it. I also think the term "negative feedback" might be a bit ... negative. Elsewhere in your message, you used "dissenting", which I think captures the essence better. The difference from the main page is not inherently about positive vs negative, but about allowing different voices. Regards, -- Rowan Collins [IMSoP]