From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Feb 28 22:57:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA01367 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 22:57:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA01352; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 22:57:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA12991; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 17:56:49 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19980301175646.54027@welearn.com.au> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 17:56:47 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: zjhh2@etsu.edu Cc: Mark Mayo , Greg Lehey , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, jhhiggins@prodigy.net Subject: Re: newbies mailing list References: <19980301011318.06574@vmunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from James on Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 01:29:41AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 01:29:41AM -0500, James wrote: > > > On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Mark Mayo wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 04:14:07PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > On Sun, 1 March 1998 at 16:22:32 +1100, Sue Blake wrote: > > > > On Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 01:32:34PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > >> On Sun, 1 March 1998 at 10:56:51 +1100, Sue Blake wrote: > > > > [See the thread for the rest of the discussion :)] > > > > > What do you others think? > > > > I think that if you create a -newbies, a significant portion of > > the questions that currently go to -questions will go to -newbies. > > Why? If I were a newbie, and I had a problem, I would go "Oh, > > a newbie list! I'll ask there!". So I think it would get significant > > traffic. For this reason, it would be impossible for Sue to > > formally moderate it in any way.. > > That would at least be my logic... albeit that is sometimes broken... :) I don't have much knowledge, I don't have much computer power, sometimes not much time, but I do have determination and no shame. If the idea stands up, and if it's not going to interfere with the good work that others are doing, and if it is to be public and not just a few of my friends, and if I'm involved as more than a participant, and if it is to succeed, then I will need to enlist all kinds of support. That's an awful lot of ifs away. There are still several alternatives that could be considered. > I think that is somewhat of an ideal situation. I think this could also > tend to run into the same overlap problems that Greg mentions on his web > page. (http://www.lemis.com/questions.html) > > That bieng too generic questions for -newbies, and overly technical > questions for -questions. I wasn't thinking of a place to get answers. There's a great deal more to being a newbie than having questions. I was thinking more of a place to just be for a while with real peers, to let off steam and get things into perspective. One problem that will arise is people trying to answer other people's questions. That cannot be stopped, but the focus can put it into perspective. Of course, this relates to just one idea of what a newbies' list might be. -- Regards, -*Sue*- find / -name "*.conf" |more To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message