Re: [PHP] New lists (was [PHP] Attitude of B van Ouwerkerk)

2001-08-06 Thread Joel Ricker
From: "Andreas D. Landmark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'd second this suggestion, the general list has become flooded with posts that > seems like a pop-quiz taken straight from the manual... Right. I've just signed up the list and I've all but given up on trying to follow things. Just way too much

Re: [PHP] New lists (was [PHP] Attitude of B van Ouwerkerk)

2001-08-05 Thread Andreas D. Landmark
At 04.08.2001 17:27, Joel Ricker wrote: > > Similarly the FAQ is easy to find, and I do believe the words "support" > > suggest where help may be found. > >Actually my suggestion would be to take a page from way the Python lists are >and call it tutor or PHP-tutor. I'd second this suggestion, the

Re: [PHP] New lists (was [PHP] Attitude of B van Ouwerkerk)

2001-08-04 Thread Joel Ricker
> Similarly the FAQ is easy to find, and I do believe the words "support" > suggest where help may be found. Actually my suggestion would be to take a page from way the Python lists are and call it tutor or PHP-tutor. Joel -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-ma

RE: [PHP] New lists (was [PHP] Attitude of B van Ouwerkerk)

2001-08-04 Thread Sam Masiello
I think the problem with spreading out discussions that can be as broad as the PHP discussion is that you still tend to have people gravitate towards some of the more "general" or "higher level discussion" groups regardless of whether or not it should fall into the "newbie" category or not. This

Re: [PHP] New lists (was [PHP] Attitude of B van Ouwerkerk)

2001-08-03 Thread Miles Thompson
Darren, et. al., Everything gets posted here - general syntax, database and install questions. Just look at the volume of php-mysql related questions; if they were directly posted on php-db the volume would drop to a more manageable level. Similarly, usage of php-install would help reduce traf

RE: [PHP] New lists (was [PHP] Attitude of B van Ouwerkerk)

2001-08-03 Thread Martin Marconcini
t; Soren Kierkegaard > -Original Message- > From: Sam Masiello [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 1:15 PM > To: Darren Henderson > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] New lists (was [PHP] Attitude of B van Ouwerkerk) > > > I think

Re: [PHP] New lists (was [PHP] Attitude of B van Ouwerkerk)

2001-08-03 Thread Richard Lynch
> Maybe the problem is a poor educational system; some people are just too > lazy to do research / properly phrase a query for a search engine / > experiment a bit before posting? They've been trained by Microsoft and other commercial software vendors whose documentation sucks, whose help systems