On 6/9/07, Mike Schinkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the warm welcome to a new list member.
I'm sorry if it sounded rude; again, I wasn't trying to pick on you, but it's also hard to articulate this without sounding like an asshole. It's kind of a lose-lose situation. This list has thousands of subscribers all over the world who are eager and willing to share their knowledge and experience with everyone else and answer questions, and that's one of the things that -- to me, at least -- makes Django as cool as it is. It also means that there's a huge history of useful information in the list archives (and, for the IRC-inclined, in Georg's public log of the #django IRC channel, and in the IRC FAQ that's been put together on the Django wiki). And this is really great for someone who has a question, because it increases the odds that all you'll have to do is type some words into a search box -- for common or oft-repeated questions, the answers are already right there and you don't have to wait for someone on the mailing list to see your question and reply. It's also really great for the list as a whole; it helps reduce repetitive messages, and if you find something that kind of answered your question but left something out, posting a followup question and getting more in-depth discussion helps everybody out by getting better discussion and making even better information available. But the problem is that it only works if people use the available resources, and it's really hard to encourage that without sounding rude -- it's never nice to tell someone to RTFM or search the list archive or, worst of all, read a "how to ask questions" document, but as the size of a mailing list grows, it's extremely important to do just that. Otherwise, the volume of repetitive messages will get unmanageable and people will start leaving (I know a couple folks who've done that already with this list). So... I'm not really sure where I'm going with this, other than to point out that things suck on both ends of the situation and that anyone who can come up with a better way will make millions of dollars. And again, I wasn't trying to pick on your personally or anyone specifically, and I apologize if it appeared that way. I'll shut up now. -- "Bureaucrat Conrad, you are technically correct -- the best kind of correct." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
