I have the feeling that this was discussed 3-4 years ago and the overall opinion seems to be that if the course or book was relevant then it was acceptable on an occasional basis. No spamming-type or mass selling posts were.
John Kane Kingston ON Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: wolfgang.viechtba...@maastrichtuniversity.nl > Sent: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 10:26:04 +0100 > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Course and book announcements on r-help > > Dear All, > > Just wondering: Is there any official policy on announcing R-related > courses and books on r-help? > > I didn't find anything on this in the posting guide, but > http://www.r-project.org/mail.html#instructions says that r-help is, > among other things, for "announcements (not covered by 'R-announce' or > 'R-packages', see above)". That sounds a bit like this would cover > courses and books, but I am not sure. Obviously, R-announce is not meant > for that, as it is "for major announcements about the development of R > and the availability of new code" and is to be used "for announcements > mainly by the R Core Development Team". > > I see the occasional course/book announcement, but it seems to me that > there are a lot more courses and books out there compared to how many > announcements there are related to them on this mailing list. So, I am > wondering if such announcements are somewhat implicitly discouraged. > > Best, > Wolfgang > > -- > Wolfgang Viechtbauer, Ph.D., Statistician > Department of Psychiatry and Psychology > School for Mental Health and Neuroscience > Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Life Sciences > Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616 (VIJV1) > 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands > +31 (43) 388-4170 | http://www.wvbauer.com > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. ____________________________________________________________ Can't remember your password? Do you need a strong and secure password? Use Password manager! It stores your passwords & protects your account. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
