Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:04:54 +0100 From: "David J. Weller-Fahy" <dave-lists-freebsd-newbies@weller-fahy.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time to shut down this list? Message-ID: <20041228120432.GA34657@weller-fahy.com> In-Reply-To: <6217E9A7-58C2-11D9-BA41-000A95C969C6@zumbrunn.com> References: <20041228104543.GA34268@weller-fahy.com> <6217E9A7-58C2-11D9-BA41-000A95C969C6@zumbrunn.com>
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* Chris Zumbrunn <chris@zumbrunn.com> [2004-12-28 12:20 +0100]: > On Dec 28, 2004, at 11:45 AM, David J. Weller-Fahy wrote: > >Please use this list for general problem solving, sharing ideas and > >moral support. Take specific technical issues to freebsd-questions. > > The problem is that newbies tend to think that their technical issues > are just "general problems" which they have because they are newbies. > Newbies will still ask on freebsd-newbies because they think their > problem doesn't qualify as a "specific technical issue". True, I hadn't thought of that. Hrm. > How about something like this: > > Please use this list to share your thoughts and experiences with other > users new to FreeBSD. Send all your questions asking for support and > problem solving to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org and not to this list. I like the wording, but was trying to keep it at two lines. Let me take a try at rewording: Please share your thoughts/experiences with other new FreeBSD users here. Send support or problem solving questions to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. I think that conveys all needed information without being too long. Regards, -- dave [ please don't CC me ]
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