On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 08:52:01PM -0400, Casey West wrote:
: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. ;-)
Allow me to also mention that, in theory, I agree whole heartedly.
--
Casey West
