From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 23 19:07:57 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CEA016A4CE; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 19:07:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.omnis.com (smtp.omnis.com [216.239.128.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E01D43D2F; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 19:07:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from zaphod.softweyr.com (cpe-69-75-218-19.san.rr.com [69.75.218.19]) by smtp-relay.omnis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7C8C140789B; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:07:50 -0800 (PST) From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr.COM To: Eric Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:07:50 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <20041223063731.GW53357@wantadilla.lemis.com> <41CABC20.9090203@savaka.com> In-Reply-To: <41CABC20.9090203@savaka.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200412231107.51075@zaphod.softweyr.com> cc: FreeBSD Core Team cc: FreeBSD-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time to shut down this list? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 19:07:57 -0000 On Thursday 23 December 2004 04:37, Eric wrote: > How about rename this list "Newbie Questions" and just go on trust that > the people asking the questions are really newbies. Newbies asking the questions isn't the problem. The problem is the newbies *answering* the questions. ;^) We (Core) are very interested in how best to address the needs of newcomers. If the newbies list is a nice, low-intimidation place to meet that need, we need to get better answers to the newbie questions. Perhaps some legwork over the holidays by a couple of not-so-new newbies to put together a newbie FAQ would be a start? Perhaps a nice notice to append to the bottom of all newbies messages, reminding newbies of the list charter, where the newbies FAQ is, etc, would be helpful? Perhaps we could find a way to entice more experience users from the -questions list to troll the newbies archive occasionally, answering questions not yet found in the FAQ? Maybe we can set up a donation program where experienced users can get a Krispy Kreme in return for answering a newbie question? Come on, newbies, let's hear YOUR ideas on how to get better answers for your questions. (I personally wish we had the ability to clone Doug White a dozen times and throw all the Douglets into supporting newbies, but we keep experiencing DNA copy errors and the Douglets become flightless antarctic waterfowl. Weird. Maybe we shouldn't gzip the DNA before transmittal...) -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com