From: Michael Pence <mikepence@...>
Date: 2001-08-15T02:24:12+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:19714] Re: Ruby Newbie mailing list

Perhaps I was premature.  If newbie questions start becoming so
numerous that they pose a problem, I am sure that it will become
obvious.

Thanks,
Mike

--- Louis Brothers <lcb134@psu.edu> wrote:
> Dave Vandervort wrote:
> 
> >Michael Pence wrote:
> 
> >> I had in mind a newbie-helping-newbie kind of list, not spreading
> our
> >> gurus any thinner.
> 
> >The obvious pitfall of having the blind leading the blind might be
> >mitigated if people take the attitude that they'll try to work
> through
> >problems together.
> 
> >Maybe learning is best with a teacher, but students often benefit
> from
> >study groups of their peers, too.
> 
> >I'll join the list if it comes into being.
> 
> >Dave
> 
> The sticking point for me, and if I am understanding properly, for
> several
> others, is that we don't want to break off into two lists.  Perhaps
> though
> we could add something to the subject of all the messages creating a
> distinction between a self proclaimed newbie question and a more
> advanced
> question.  Heck, then you could run a filter on it if you didn't want
> to see
> it.  Perhaps there is even ML software that allows this to be done in
> a nice
> manner... perhaps newbies could only see the newbie posts if they
> opted.
> 
> But perhaps we're trying to solve a problem that could be better
> addressed
> in different ways.  Maybe we could advertise on the list that the
> first week
> of every month is newbie question answering week where we all take
> extra
> time to answer newbie questions of all shapes and sizes.
> 
> - Lou Brothers
> 


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