On Monday 09 January 2006 05:16, Jean-Christophe BOUETTE wrote: > > From: "Arin Basu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > > Date: 8 Jan 2006 19:18:17 -0000 > > Subject: [R] wicked wikis for R > > > > >Message: 41 > > >Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 13:52:33 +1100 > > > From: paul sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: Re: [R] Wikis etc. > > >To: Frank E Harrell Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, r-help > > > <r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch> > > -snip- > > > Among others, here's one long-term benefit for the newbies. Instead of > > people getting admonished/thrashed with harsh expressions/advices like > > "go see the mailing list publishing etiquettes", or "you should search > > the archives and help files, and read all manuals, and ask others first > > before posting here..." (which can turn away many a newcomer from posting > > or using the mailing list or using R for that matter), wiki could make > > life a little easy for newbies/less experienced who could then receive > > more polite one liners like, "please check the wikipages...", or > > "solution #xyz in the wikipages for the solution". > > Sorry, I don't get the point here. Some people will keep feeling > offensed when they're just told to read the man/wiki pages, and others > will simply change their answers from RTFM to RTFW. > Nobody can force people into reading the manuals, or reading the > posting guide. This is definitely one problem that the wiki will not > solve. > > The real issue is indexing and cross-referencing. Quite often requestors HAVE tried the manuals, but without a real clue about where to look, that can be unproductive. On the other hand, being pulled up short and Ripleyed can have a salutary effect on analyzing the problem first and researching carefully before posting a clueless query. You could see as a useful part of the learning process.
JD ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
