On Thursday 02 September 2004 23:17, Justin Palmer wrote: > Maybe what this community needs is an advanced mailing list.
Arguments for and against splitting lists (in general and not just php lists) into 'newbie' and 'advanced' can be found all over the web. > I think that these types of attitudes just make the new user to php > stray away. If we had a section beginners list that if people asked dumb > questions, or questions that are stated dumb, some people would take the > time to help the newbie out and show him the right way and then answer > his question for him. What, asking further questions to clarify exactly what it is that someone is asking (as opposed to what that someone thinks s/he is asking) is being ... > This way the "Arrogants" don't have to be in the newbie list and people > that are more down to earth can help the php community grow. ... arrogant? If that's arrogant then I don't mind being your definition of arrogant. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * ------------------------------------------ Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general ------------------------------------------ /* Time-sharing is the junk-mail part of the computer business. -- H.R.J. Grosch (attributed) */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
