On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 03:19:05AM +0200, Abigail wrote:
:On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 08:04:42PM -0400, Casey West wrote:
:> On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 06:54:45PM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote:
:> :Casey West writes:
:> :> So I propose [EMAIL PROTECTED]
:> :
:> :Sounds like PerlMonks in a mailing list, no?
:>
:> At first I thought PerlMonks was this thing, however, PerlMonks is not
:> an environment where newbies are alowed to ask simple questions
:> answered in the documentation. I was convinced by several people in
:> #perl that they felt this way too. To be '--'ed for asking a question
:> is negative, where the list will discorage negativitey as much as
:> possible, and encorage positive re-enforcement.
:>
:> I aim to create a somewhat steril environment where everyone feels
:> comfortable just throwing it out there, without the possibility of
:> flame. Let them learn what it is to be flamed later, should they
:> experience it at all ( since my goal is to educate newbies on how to
:> use documentation and when a question is appropriate to ask in most
:> situations ).
:>
:> I feel like these are lofty goals, but definitley attainable.
:
:I really feel it unnecessary to solve this in a Perl environment.
:Learning how to use available documentation isn't something unique
:for Perl. It should be standard practise for anyone out of primary
:school. Regardless what kind of environment you are in.
I am proposing we be liberal in what we accept and strict in what we
send out, or something like that. ;-)
:Also, I think discussion of this doesn't belong on p5p. Perhaps the
:perl advocacy list is better?
Fair enough, discussion to resume on the advocacy list.
:Oh, and if you are looking for a place that's more or less already
:doing this, visit alt.perl.
Will do, thanks.
--
Casey West
