From: Matthew Smillie <M.B.Smillie@...>
Date: 2006-06-15T21:02:09+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-forum.com

On Jun 15, 2006, at 11:36, Reggie Mr wrote:

> Ryan Leavengood wrote:
>> The problem is the ruby-forum caters to newbies with only a few
>> exceptions, with most of the Ruby "experts" on ruby-talk. Therefore I
>> see the forum as more of a burden to the rest of us than anything
>> else.
>>
>
> What is happening to Ruby?
> First you guys don't want Enterprises to use Ruby and now you want to
> try to push new users away!
> [...]
> Don't push us away, help us, and as more of us become more of an
> "expert" with Ruby, we can start helping out with answering some of  
> the
> newbie questions.

How are new users being pushed away?  Seriously, have there been any  
'newbie' questions recently that haven't been answered?

What has been going on, and I have a hard time faulting it, is  
pointing people towards the online docs so they can answer their own  
questions, and explaining some of the etiquette involved in using the  
group,  so that they can get answers more effectively.

matthew smillie