Jean-Christophe BOUETTE wrote:
>>From: "Arin Basu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch
>>Date: 8 Jan 2006 19:18:17 -0000
>>Subject: [R] wicked wikis for R
>>
>>>Message: 41
>>>Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 13:52:33 +1100
>>>From: paul sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>Subject: Re: [R] Wikis etc.
>>>To: Frank E Harrell Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, r-help
>>> <r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch>
>
>
> -snip-
>
>
>>Among others, here's one long-term benefit for the newbies. Instead of people
>>getting admonished/thrashed with harsh expressions/advices like "go see the
>>mailing list publishing etiquettes", or "you should search the archives and
>>help files, and read all manuals, and ask others first before posting
>>here..." (which can turn away many a newcomer from posting or using the
>>mailing list or using R for that matter), wiki could make life a little easy
>>for newbies/less experienced who could then receive more polite one liners
>>like, "please check the wikipages...", or "solution #xyz in the wikipages for
>>the solution".
>
>
> Sorry, I don't get the point here. Some people will keep feeling
> offensed when they're just told to read the man/wiki pages, and others
> will simply change their answers from RTFM to RTFW.
> Nobody can force people into reading the manuals, or reading the
> posting guide. This is definitely one problem that the wiki will not
> solve.
>
> I like the idea of the wiki, but we have to consider pragmatically,
> not as a panacea from problems beyond its scope.
That would be an excellent comment if people seeking help were paying
for a service. But they are not.
Frank
>
> Regards,
> Jean-Christophe Bouëtté.
--
Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chair School of Medicine
Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University
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