From: Matthew Smillie Date: 2006-06-06T23:25:04+09:00 Subject: Re: ruby-forum.com On Jun 6, 2006, at 13:27, Jim Weirich wrote: > Ross Bamford wrote: > >>> [...] Or if the posting forum didn't allow you to post to >>> ruby-talk's gateway as a guest. >> >> Just that would be an improvement, IMO. > > That might be helpful. It might be helpful, but I'm not really sure that it's the medium of posting that's the problem. There wasn't any similar problem when the usenet gateway worked. That said, I'm also of the view that the quality and tone of the questions from ruby-forum often leave something to be desired. I have a hunch this is because google groups and mailing lists tend to be used by people who already know what they're looking for, and already know where the docs live. I'd bet that a number of the people posting from the forum are probably not aware of all the resources available to them. I think that it might be a better improvement to add links to standard Ruby documentation (ruby-lang.org, online Pickaxe, ruby- doc.org, Poignant Guide, et alia) on the forum pages - currently they only link to other forums. I'm pretty firm in my belief that this would benefit everyone involved. And I mean, really, what good is a 'ruby forum' that lacks even a link to the ruby homepage? If such links actually improve things, then everyone benefits. If it doesn't, well, we can always ask to move it read-only later on. matthew smillie.