Assistance for newbies?

[Rodolfo J. Paiz]

At 11:52 AM 7/7/2004, Rick Stevens wrote:
>IMHO, a "fedora-install-list" or "fedora-newbies" list would be a good
>thing--a place for newbies to gather with a much more limited archive
>for searching.  Often a newbie doesn't even know what to look for in
>the first place.  Cutting down on the more advanced subjects might make
>it easier for them.

Unfortunately, this has been proposed and thought of previously. The 
problems with it are segmentation of audience, so that there are also fewer 
people helping the newbies, and less reason for the experts to hang out 
since little or nothing is discussed in which they have any interest. Yes, 
some will deliberately hang out just to provide free tech support, but the 
numbers and volume get reduced. The help vehicle is thus less effective.

Besides, anyone who's either clueless enough or rude enough not to give a 
damn about the list footer, monthly reminder, list notifications, archives, 
FAQ's, online docs, in-system docs, and every other resource available out 
there, is also bloody well unlikely to *find* let alone join a newbies-only 
list.

Good idea, not practical in execution.

Cheers,


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Rodolfo J. Paiz
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