Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 18:19:29 +1100 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: zjhh2@etsu.edu, Mark Mayo <mark@vmunix.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, jhhiggins@prodigy.net Subject: Re: newbies mailing list Message-ID: <19980301181929.41719@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19980301173432.42499@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 05:34:32PM %2B1030 References: <19980301011318.06574@vmunix.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980301012333.10907D-100000@localhost> <19980301175646.54027@welearn.com.au> <19980301173432.42499@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 05:34:32PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Sun, 1 March 1998 at 17:56:47 +1100, Sue Blake wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> I think you need to say this in the charter, then.
Yeah, maybe it would be more usefully presented as a newbies chat list,
so as to avoid reliance on it for answers and to invite chat.
> > Of course, this relates to just one idea of what a newbies' list might be.
>
> It'll be interesting to see what comes of it. I think the more
> experienced people should also be asked to shut up and not participate
> (though they could be allowed to lurk).
Hmm, I'm thinking that it's easier to communicate in a space that you own
(as a newbie) rather than one where you're a guest, and a few too clever
people could take that feeling away. That is, assuming it is not going to be
primarily a place to get questions answered. Of course, there's nothing
stopping any lurkers with good answers from sneakily replying off the list,
just as I have been doing for some of the misunderstood newbies.
If the list were for asking questions, then those who can and will answer
questions would have yet another mailing list to monitor which might be
asking too much. The existing -questions traffic would not be spread over
the two lists. I predict that there's a lot more questions out there that
never get asked.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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