Mailing list vs. stack overflow, I have no opinion, but beginners list NO! I was a beginner at one time and the mailing list worked just fine. I see no reason to divide our efforts across two lists (be they mailing lists or stack overflow). John
John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Baltimore VA Medical Center 10 North Greene Street GRECC (BT/18/GR) Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 (Phone) 410-605-7119 (Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing) >>> memilanuk <memila...@gmail.com> 11/24/2013 7:30 PM >>> On 11/24/2013 12:04 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 24 Nov 2013, Yihui Xie wrote: > >> Mailing lists are good for a smaller group of people, and especially >> good when more focused on discussions on development (including bug >> reports). The better place for questions is a web forum. > > I disagree. Mail lists push messages to subscribers while web fora > require > one to use a browser, log in, then pull messages. Not nearly as convenient. > > Rich > With the StackOverflow model, you can either view the list of posts related to a specific tag via RSS, or subscribe for email notification of new updates on that topic. Add in the added bonus of the ability to moderate and/or cull spam and redundant questions, etc. and the targeted focus of a SO-type forum increases dramatically IMHO. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. Confidentiality Statement: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.
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