From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Feb 28 23:20:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA05842 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 23:20:02 -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 XAA05769; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 23:19:55 -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 SAA13057; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 18:19:33 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19980301181929.41719@welearn.com.au> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 18:19:29 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: Greg Lehey Cc: zjhh2@etsu.edu, Mark Mayo , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, jhhiggins@prodigy.net Subject: Re: newbies mailing list References: <19980301011318.06574@vmunix.com> <19980301175646.54027@welearn.com.au> <19980301173432.42499@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <19980301173432.42499@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 05:34:32PM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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*- find / -name "*.conf" |more To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message