"R. Joseph Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Todd Wade wrote: > > > I'm willing to pester the site owners to let you do the site. But it will > > probably take more than just you and I. The lack of responses to your OP > > might indicate the amount of help the rest of the group is willing to > > contribute. > > I think you may be misinterpreting the silence. Although the OP makes a very > positive offer of his efforts, he does not communicte it very well. > Unfortunately, he starts off with a litany of "what is wrong with..." which > tends to turn people away before they get to the proposal itself.
I was. I got a couple emails referring me to the archive of the OP's thread in perl.advocacy. There were many suggestions made by him to fix things that were not broken. If I had read that thread, I wouldve ignored the post also. As I was replying to it, I was thinking of something simple like a faq of faqs. Now I understand he what is proposing is just too grandiose and unimplementable for the resources we have available. Im _glad_ nobody else responded so it didn't start over again. > FWIW, the core group of helpers posting here is generally hroic in its patience > and energy, with an emphasis on the former. While I cetainly agree that new > members should read the FAQ and at least skim the archives before asking a > repetitive question, that is somewhat to be expected on a list targeted toward > beginners. On this mailing list, we expect a certain amount of repitition. > Some of us may remind posters that they should read the archives and other > traffic on the list, but that is usually not the top priority. > Oh I agree. I dont mind the repetitive posting. As you say, this list is for perl curious people to ask anything they want ( about perl ) without being criticized for it. Although I have noticed a small few taking advantage of that fact. Just a small few, though. Not near enough to affect me. <snip /> > > So what exactly is learn.perl.org, anyway? I am subscribed to, and received > this message through, the beginners-perl mailing list, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > I use http://www.perl.org/ for my perl portal, and it has many virtual hosts there. For instance, check out http://datetime.perl.org/ or http://use.perl.org/. Along with the mailing lists from that domain, there is also an nntp server there. I am replying to your mailing list submission using outlook newsgroups connected to perl.beginners on nntp.perl.org. There's software running that posts all your messages to the news server, and also emails all my posts to the list subscribers. Pretty slick, really. Its increased the amount of questions I respond to, because I hate mailing lists. Todd W. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
