From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 29 08:54:22 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C70F106566B for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 08:54:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr [150.140.141.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 696828FC18 for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 08:54:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr (unknown [10.1.0.143]) by poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EF97EB4DA6; Fri, 29 May 2009 11:54:20 +0300 (EEST) Received: from localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71C8F4503F; Fri, 29 May 2009 11:54:20 +0300 (EEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ceid.upatras.gr Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id RXPSyKpeTLqg; Fri, 29 May 2009 11:54:20 +0300 (EEST) Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl59-123.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.186.123]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 354C544002; Fri, 29 May 2009 11:54:20 +0300 (EEST) Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n4T8sJ64017035; Fri, 29 May 2009 11:54:19 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n4T8sJK8017034; Fri, 29 May 2009 11:54:19 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Wojciech Puchar References: <6C96EEF057EDE24197FECB0D1EA035044A8F6EB461@h1341255.aoemedia.de> <744a9119476160472a319bbc9f4fd799.squirrel@relay.lc-words.com> <065001c9def1$54ae3f40$fe0abdc0$@za.org> <20090527124014.6998139c@gom> <20090527203000.GA1328@fusion.opticnetworks.net> <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793EDCC@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> <4A1EF89C.9040505@isafeelin.org> <87prdsr5ep.fsf_-_@kobe.laptop> <87r5y8cprs.fsf@kobe.laptop> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 11:54:18 +0300 In-Reply-To: (Wojciech Puchar's message of "Fri, 29 May 2009 10:00:23 +0200 (CEST)") Message-ID: <87bppci91h.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.94 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: On the need for moderated questions lists X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 08:54:22 -0000 On Fri, 29 May 2009 10:00:23 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote: >>> nothing that prevent me from having an opinion about moderation and >>> trying to explain to others that it make sense. >> >> While a change like this is possible, it is going to be very very hard. >> To change something so deeply ingrained into the whole `culture' of > > why adding extra moderated list is a change of deeply ingrained culture? > Once again i'm not for shutting down that list. Because we already _have_ a list `for general FreeBSD questions', and it is open. Adding even more lists to the mix will --at least initially-- only serve as a source of mild confusion. Imagine you are a new FreeBSD user. You know absolutely nothing about all this moderated vs. open list stuff. You only happen to stumble upon a listing of the two places on www.FreeBSD.org and their descriptions are: freebsd-questions - A list for general FreeBSD questions. freebsd-questions-moderated - A moderated list for FreeBSD questions. Now step back a bit, assume you are a new FreeBSD user, and you have to decide where to post. Where would you post and why?