Would it be a good idea to have a puppet beginners list, where people can post
dumb questions, and maybe have some patient people posting links
[snip]
Without wanting to pigeon hole or stereotype anyone, my experience from
the IRC channel in particular is that "dumb questions" that get asked
often show that the poster has not read through the online documentation
and has jumped straight into the community support channels instead.
No-one minds helping a struggling beginner, but the old "him who helps
himself" saying applies and I think for most people, if they genuinely
read the excellent language guide properly they would answer the
majority of beginner questions on their own. Some people take offense
when told on IRC to RTFM, or given an anchor link to the docs in
response to a question, but it simply is the best source of information
to their issues.
Providing a beginners mailing list IMO would only encourage people to
bypass the docs even more.
2p/w :)
Craig
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