I do not agree with a separate beginner's list. But I do stand with moving to stackoverflow, mainly because of the easier google search than current mailing list. It could make it more accessible.
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 4:07 AM, John Sorkin <jsor...@grecc.umaryland.edu>wrote: > Mailing list vs. stack overflow, I have no opinion, but > beginners list NO! I was a beginner at one time and the > mailing list worked just fine. I see no reason to divide our > efforts across two lists (be they mailing lists or stack overflow). > John > > > John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. > Professor of Medicine > Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics > University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology and > Geriatric Medicine > Baltimore VA Medical Center > 10 North Greene Street > GRECC (BT/18/GR) > Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 > (Phone) 410-605-7119 > (Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing) > >>> memilanuk <memila...@gmail.com> 11/24/2013 7:30 PM >>> > On 11/24/2013 12:04 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Sun, 24 Nov 2013, Yihui Xie wrote: > > > >> Mailing lists are good for a smaller group of people, and especially > >> good when more focused on discussions on development (including bug > >> reports). The better place for questions is a web forum. > > > > I disagree. Mail lists push messages to subscribers while web fora > > require > > one to use a browser, log in, then pull messages. Not nearly as > convenient. > > > > Rich > > > > With the StackOverflow model, you can either view the list of posts > related to a specific tag via RSS, or subscribe for email notification > of new updates on that topic. > > Add in the added bonus of the ability to moderate and/or cull spam and > redundant questions, etc. and the targeted focus of a SO-type forum > increases dramatically IMHO. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > Confidentiality Statement: > This email message, including any attachments, is for ...{{dropped:18}} ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
