Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 19:25:56 +1100 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Cc: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>, Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com>, Les Lytollis <les.lytollis@morse.com> Subject: Re: first post Message-ID: <20020202192556.J662@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10202012123140.44419-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>; from andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu on Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 09:24:57PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0202010845450.28796-100000@heorot.1nova.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10202012123140.44419-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 09:24:57PM -0800, Annelise Anderson wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Rick Hamell wrote:
>
> >
> > > I'm trying to search the mailing list archives before I go posting to the
> > > questions list.
> > > Can anyone tell me why a search for (e.g) Maxtor returns a resultset no
> > > problem - but a search for something like an error string ("ad0: READ
> > > command timeout")or "MAKE DEPEND" returns nothing?
> >
> > Everyone.... please, please, please ask questions in
> > -questions. For those already on the list, please redirect people to
> > -questions. Do not answer their question here. If we continue to abuse
> > this group, it'll be removed.
Quite correct, and it's good to see list members helping each
other to keep on the straight and narrow. If you know enough
to answer a question, you know enough to (gently) help newcomers
to go to the right place, and the last thing you lot need is
people like me hanging over you with a big stick :-)
One thing this list has always been meant for, is to discuss
questions _about_ freebsd-questions (or other FreeBSD lists),
and difficulties accessing documentation and support in general.
In that way this list performs a valuable service to the FreeBSD
community without cluttering other lists.
Therefore, the question that was asked is quite appropriate.
We seem to have found a new user who reads the instructions
before acting. Watch this guy: he's going places fast!
The only place where someone might step wrong is if they
tried to answer the technical question, rather than the
search question. Very tempting, I know, but see below.
We have more problems with people _answering_ questions
here than people accidentally asking the wrong ones.
Annelise said...
> I as well as others are guilty of answering the occasional
> question.
If you see a how-to/support question here that really needs
answering, all you have to do is change the header to point
to freebsd-questions. Simple :-)
Of course a cc: would go to the asker as usual, and -newbies
readers would see no answer unless we search the archives
or read -questions. That's how it's meant to be. We don't
mind a few mistakes here, but new users should not be enticed
to trust any answers that didn't come via freebsd-questions,
because of the active peer review that makes for pretty good
quality of support over there.
> However, it seems to me this one is well within the charter of
> the group.
Quite correct, and thanks for helping out with the searching
tip that we can all benefit from. (I have trouble searching too.)
I'll include more URLs in the FAK.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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