On Sat, 12 May 2001 18:21:17 -0400, Jud McCranie wrote:
>
>>I don't like the idea, for the reason Nathan indicates - it smacks of
>>>"elitism".
>
>By my idea, new users would get untested exponents - they just wouldn't get
>one that had already been abandoned.
There would still be a distinction drawn between 'new' and
'experienced' users, and I think drawing any such distinction would
make new users feel less valued - and quite possibly lead them to join
one of the other fairly large projects, all of which are completely,
or nearly completely, automated.
Nathan
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