On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 11:48:07 +0530 Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 11:15:26AM +0530, Ravindra Jaju wrote: > > > fork(); fork(); > > > > 1] Newbies > > 2] General > > 3] Geeks
With all due respect, I'd like to point out that segregation on the basis of a user's level of knowledge is plain wrong and counter-productive. It's wrong because: - a user may not be able to judge which list to join based on a self-evaluation, w/o knowing the kind of discussions taking place on the list. For me the prospect of trawling through the archives just to look at the level of discussions is rather repulsive. - the user may not get a migration path that a general purpose ML offers. Looking back at the difference in the kind of mails that I used to send when I joined and now, there's a perceptible difference (for the better, I hope :p). I could also observe the same with some other regulars who joined after me as total newbies and worked their way up to be contributors to meaningful discussions. It's counter-productive because without many geeks lurking around the newbie list, people won't get to know about the non-existence of Linux 8.0, they would sulk at Linux because it uses a lot of precious little RAM while the abundantly available swap stays unused etc. Unless some geek takes up the cause of educating the newbies - something that the current list also handles nicely. > I suggest another idea ... something that we do here at KReSIT. When > someone sends a mail to the list that doesn't fit the guidelines, > _everyone_ should mail the poster directly saying why they think the > mail is not good. I use a pre-written template to do this at KReSIT, > no need to waste time typing things out again and again. Just make > sure send the mail to the poster and not the list! This practice is also followed on comp.lang.c++.moderated (if the message gets beyond the moderators, that is). I agree that this could be fine with two exceptions: - not everyone should remind the OP of the guidelines - the reminder should be posted on the list and no one should bother replying to a poster who's been reminded (or reply privately). A polite reminder and general ignorance by the members does make a poster review his/her stance. > That, coupled with a good verbose rant on the list once in a while > should be enough, I think. How about taking turns at it >:) -- Tahir Hashmi http://staff.ncst.ernet.in/tahir Compact XML Alternative - http://xqueeze.sf.net -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
