On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Galen wrote: > From my earlier post, I've had a number of people email me, on and off > list, that there isn't much in the way of an "advanced" php mailing > list. It also sounds like at least a few people are quite interested in > the possibility. > > Who runs the php official mailing lists? Can we ask them to start a > php-advanced list? Give it a description like "Ready to take you coding > to the next level? Got questions about high-level PHP code? This is the > list for you." Redirect people asking questions like "What is SQL" and > "What's wrong with this code" or "How do I <insert simple task>" (which > a search in the manual would have found the function to do this) to the > php-general list. That would leave our group free to discuss meaty > things and really get somewhere. > > Anybody else interested in this type of list?
This has come up many times before and I really don't think it will work. Splitting advanced users from beginners means that there will be nobody to answer the beginner questions which means they will get posted to the advanced list where the people with the answers are. It is a self-defeating separation. Having everyone in one big lump means that both camps and all the camps in between learn from each other. The other question is who decides what is advanced? Chances are what you think is advanced may seem trivial to me, or vice-versa. -Rasmus -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
