Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:20:15 -0800 From: Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig@spymac.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time to shut down this list? Message-ID: <200412280020.16012.krinklyfig@spymac.com> In-Reply-To: <200412272333.53058@zaphod.softweyr.com> References: <6587631D.5034AB43.0F75C5EC@netscape.net> <200412271916.28076.krinklyfig@spymac.com> <200412272333.53058@zaphod.softweyr.com>
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On Monday 27 December 2004 11:33 pm, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> wrote: > On Monday 27 December 2004 19:16, you wrote: > > On Monday 27 December 2004 06:50 pm, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> > > > One of my ideas is to come up with a short, succint version of > > > the newbies list charter and to have it appended to every > > > message, as a list signature. Would any of you "frequent newbie > > > flyers" like to have a go at the text for this? This gentle > > > reminder should inform them to seek help on technical questions > > > on the -questions list, and refer to the newbies list charter via > > > URL. > > > > How about something like, "freebsd-questions is not a technical > > help or support list. See: > > http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/ " > > > > > *You* of all people should know where to find the official list > > > charter. ;^) > > > > Me, specifically? Well, yes, but I'm not sure why me, of all people > > ... > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresource > >s.html#E RESOURCES-CHARTERS > > Ah, sorry, I meant the inclusive "you" as in the previously > referred-to "frequent newbie flyers". And perhaps another sentence > or two describing what the newbies list IS for? > > But thanks for stepping up on this, I'm sure you'll come up with > something good, communicate it to core@, and someone there will > shepherd it over to postmaster. You see, I'm leaving on holiday > tomorrow morn... I was going for the most brevity ... OK, then, ... hmmm ... "freebsd-questions is a general discussion forum for new FreeBSD users to share their experiences and to help each other with non-technical issues. It is not a technical help or support list. See: http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/ " I dunno. This part: "help each other with non-technical issues" sounds not quite right, as people can answer broad technical questions here, like whether it's better to use a GUI interface for system administration. Am having trouble distilling a description down to one sentence. Maybe that's alright and I'm just overthinking it. Will send it out and see what you all think. - jt
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