[Zope] Forking the Mailing List

[Phil Harris]

Well, my =A30.02 says to leave well alone.  The thought of a list complet=
ely
inhabited by new users (don't you just hate the term newbies?) fills me w=
ith
dread.

Most of the experienced users wouldn't bother subscribing, after all they=
've
heard the questions and the answers a million times before!

If we must split then I agree with Brian here, no 'newbies' list.

Phil

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Hickman" <bkkr@worldnet.att.net>
To: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 3:54 AM
Subject: [Zope] Forking the Mailing List


> Forking the mailing list may make sense, except for the idea of a
"NEWBIES"
> list. In any community, the ignorant learn by listening to the more
> experienced.  I suggest that the real problem is not that this mailing
list
> covers too many topics, but that we need a better way to preserve,
organize
> and retrieve the questions and the better answers.
>
> In parallel to forking the list, I propose that we, as a community, wit=
h
> DC's guidance, determine the best way to capture the value of the maili=
ng
> list -- a repository of problems faced by members, coupled with solutio=
ns
> from other members.
>
> My proposal is that DC builds or blesses a detailed topic map re.
knowledge
> of Zope (Installation, RDMS, DTML, Security, the various products, etc.=
)
on
> Zope.org, and invites members to contribute to filling in the topic map
with
> questions, answers, example code, etc.  A FAQ + a topic map.  ZDP start=
ed
> this process, but this tool needs to be the first thing one thinks of
before
> they ask the list a question.
>
> I would love to buy a book that extracted the best questions and
> answers/examples found on this list in the last two years, weeded out t=
he
> fluff, and organized the rest.
>
> Brian
>
>
>
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