Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 17:13:30 -0400 From: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD-Newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: #freebsd-newbies Message-ID: <353D0BF9.E6B2193@aei.ca> References: <353BB623.59353921@aei.ca> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980420103220.1190A-100000@avalon.ns.rogers.wave.ca> <19980421183744.56403@welearn.com.au>
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Sue Blake wrote: > I've been giving this IRC business some thought, and as usual I've come > up with lots more questions. If we can answer these, either we'll all be > closer to making some decisions, or everyone else will become as confused > as me :-) > > 1. When the reason is clear the best path will be easier to choose, so > what is the *main* reason for having #freebsd-newbies? There are > already some #freebsd channels around, but we want our own. If there > was only one reason, what would it be, and why would newbies go there? > - There's nowhere else to go? > - Everyone else has a #*-newbies? > - It feels good? > - It looks good for FreeBSD? > - It looks good for newbies? > - It's fun to have your own channel? > - We're not wanted on other channels? > - Other channels don't give us what we want? > - We don't like the people on other channels? > - We want to help others? > - We want to get help? > - We want to meet each other? > - Some other reason? > > 2. It will attract people interested in FreeBSD as well as giving current > newbies a place to go, but are we concerned with both here? > Do we slant more one way than the other? Can we do both at once? > > 3. Who is going to be there? Why? What will make people want to come? > What will make them stay? What will make them leave? > > 4. What other things will lead to the channel's success or failure? > How will we judge whether or not it is successful? > > 5. Is it better to have FreeBSD-related channels on as many nets as > possible, or to stick with one to get good numbers? > > 6. How many of us have tried the existing FreeBSD-related channels? > What are their strengths and weaknesses? > > I've spent most of today on the #freebsd channel at dalnet, in between > the odd bit of work. As a confirmed IRC hater, I must say it was a > surprisingly pleasant place to be. I didn't see an awful lot going on, > but people drifted in and out and chatted about FreeBSD and music and > computers and cats and FreeBSD and jokes and people and... all sorts of > things. There were a few questions, not very many. Nobody seemed to know > the answers but nobody seemed to expect their questions to be answered > either. If there was ever a problem it was not enough people to keep it > interesting. There might not be enough FreeBSD users to go around. Once I > accidentally ended up on some other server (no idea what network, lots of > channels) and found #freebsd with one person in it, apparently not around > at the time. I visited twice more at different times and found one or two > silent people each time. It would be a shame if #freebsd-newbies ended up > like that. > > This is a very unfair report, since it is my only visit and I wasn't paying > too much attention most of the day. This might be enough to start up some > analysis of our requirements though. I don't know much at all about IRC. > I'd like to know how other #freebsd channels might be different, and then, > what would we expect to see in a successful #freebsd-newbies channel? > > -- > > Regards, > -*Sue*- > > find / -name "*.conf" |more > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message The main Idea is than newbies cannot really ask a question on any of the #FreeBSD I have visited. On Efnet #FreeBSD, a guy say to me than I was (not the exactly term he use...) stupid because of a *stupid* question on FTP. So anyway, I think we should have a channel for newbies. The problem with multiple #freebsd-newbies is than we are not a lot or people right now. So irc.freebsd.org should be fine. /server irc.freebsd.org 6667 I think its a good Idea to start there. Who admin that server??? Malartre what are you thinking? -- -------------------------------------------------- malartre@aei.ca ICQ #4224434 www.aei.ca/~malartre/ FreeBSD 4 Newbies project Windows_95-B Unix FreeBSD-2.2.5 -------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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