>We REALLY need to be careful about how we all contribute to the >proliferation of *information clutter*. Does the world really need >ANOTHER gopher? IMNNSHO...(that's *In my not-necessarily-so humble >opinion* 8-)...) I think this is a REALLY good question. It, luckily, has what I consider to be a very simple answer. The world does not need any more sloppy, unorganized, cluttered gopher. The world needs lots more well organized and well maintained, specific, topical and useful gophers. In my opinion, more than half and closer to three quarters of all gophers should be immediately removed from the Internet and not put back on-line until they either have something useful to say or until all the information is put into a cohesive format. Jim Croft often wonders why the written word, translated onto wood pulp, has more weight than the electronic blips that get translated into words on your computer screen. The answer is organization; the packaging of information. Whether a museum curator or contributor to museum-l, it is the PACKAGING that determines the impact of information. Cheers, Robert Guralnick Museum of Paleontology University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 [log in to unmask] (510) 642-9696