Hi Mike, Thank for your quick answer! I would imagine one forum with some complexity scale to the topics would be okay. Single forum may encourage some knowledgeable oldtimers to contribute and help in answering the basic newbie questions without overwhelming any single person. Some people learn faster than others and, at one point, would need to jump the forum advancement BARRIER. And let's face it, most newbies, like myself, would probably join both forums anyway.
I've seen it done before, where people of all experience levels contribute, teach, and correct one another; argue sometimes, but those arguments usually lead to elimination of potential misconceptions and all is well at the end. That's my five cents worth of thoughts. Again, thank you, Mike for making this available. I'l looking forward to this new project. Cheers! Robert On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Mike Monett <[email protected]>wrote: > Robert Toborek <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >Hi Mike, > > > >I'm new to the group and new to the whole concept. I've been watching some > >of your posts over the past few days, and all I can say is that I can't > >wait to see the complete documentation on the SilverCell! > > > >I just hope not to confuse it with some of the older information, that you > >have deemed outdated yourself. > > > >Thank you! > > > >Robert > > Hi Robert, > > Thanks for the note. The entire set of assembly and operating instructions > will be aimed at newcomers, with plenty of pictures to illustrate the > details. > > Each page of documentation will have a section that contains just the > information needed for that step, so newcomers don't get overwhelmed with > too many complex details. The second section will be for oldtimers who > might be interested in the theory with detailed equations, related > information, and long descriptions of the interactions and > interrelationship with other important topics in cs. > > At the moment, I am torn between setting up two separate forums for the > SilverCell process, or keeping everything in the same forum. I was thinking > that one forum devoted to newcomers might make it easier for them to ask > questions, with a separate forum for the oldtimers who might like to > discuss some of the more complex details. > > This way, the beginners would not be overwhelmed by the oldtimer > discussions, and the oldtimers would not have to put up with answering the > same basic questions over and over and over again. (This would show a flaw > in the documentation, which I would try to correct in the documentation. > But who in the world reads the instructions??) > > I tried something similar with two of my Yahoo forums. I immediately ran > into severe problems. Sooner or later, a discussion that belongs in one > forum will spill over to the other forum, and I found there was no way to > prevent or avoid this. And it greatly complicates things for everyone, > since they have to keep track of both forums. > > On the other hand, there have been many complaints from members of the > SilverList who would prefer that the discussions remain on the topics that > they are interested in, which is of course, impossible since everyone has > different interests. So you cannot please everyone at the same time. > > I guess one compromise might be to tag a subject according to beginner or > advanced, so those who are not interested can ignore the topics they don't > want to waste time on. But even that turns out to be impossible, since > threads have a beautiful habit of morphing into completely different topics > that may contain important and valuable information for everyone. > > So the best thing I can think of is to continue in the same vein as the > SilverList, with all the threads merged in the same forum. > > Does this make sense to you? Or if anyone can offer any suggestion that > might help make it easy for newcomers and oldtimers to coexist, i sure > would like to hear from you. > > Thanks, > > Mike M. > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org > > Unsubscribe: > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> > List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]> > > >
