Am 23.04.2006 um 10:43 schrieb Yoshiki Ohshima:
Hello,
I guess trying a new list for a bit different audience is ok. I'll subscribe and try to help there. I would imagine that the mailing list may not get too much traffic, as Squeak-announce was somewhat similar in a sense. (But we'll see.)
I, too, think one list for all is ideal (I might agree though that some people can be intimidating on this list^^;).
Don't forget about the Pygmalion Effect. People tend to act how they are supposed to act. If we have two lists, and one is labelled as the "friendlier" list, that could be interpreted as a message saying that another list is "unfriendly", and it is ok to act unfriendlier there. This is not what we want.
Indeed - that's partly why I suggested "newbies" as list name.
I don't see it a problem that the same questions coming up to the list over and over again. Any question is the same, and human being is the best filter and the best mentor. If someone wants to ask a question, he should ask it, instead of looking for the right keyword to search the wiki database.
Apart from the intimidation, the barrier to any mailing list is the burden to go through the registration process... Is it reasonable to set up the mailing list which is moderated by bunch of people over different timezone, and accept posts from non-members?
Good idea. But how do the non-subscribers get their answers? We could try to CC the non-subscribed thread participants. Or auto-subscribe any poster?
Also very nice for newbies would be a mailing list <-> web forum gateway. I like the one at Nabble (http://www.nabble.com/Squeak- f14152.html), but it also requires creating an account ...
- Bert -