These arguments have a way of blending into racism. One reason why people have challenges communicating on mailing lists is that English is not their first language.
-- Paul Houle [email protected] On Mon, Oct 24, 2016, at 10:52 AM, A. Soroka wrote: > > I take the first bullet to mean some "enforcement" is proposed and the last > > bullet to suggest that a "ban" is "possible". > > Sorry, I missed that last phrase-- I wouldn't support a ban for that kind > of reason. I take "enforcement" simply to mean that after the same > question is asked several times with good answers ignored, the question > can legitimately be ignored. I don't see anything wrong with that. > > > I was not pointing out that projects go through phases. > > I was pointing out that Jena has been in mature use, including by students > > on course projects, for many years. We get phases where we get naive and > > poorly asked questions from students. Those phases are more related to > > course lifecycles than to Jena lifecycles. > > I'm sorry I misunderstood you. > > > Patient responses, as have been given here, generally work. If they don't > > then continued such poor questions can simply go unanswered. I really don't > > think there's enough volume of such traffic here as to be a problem. > > > > Dave > > I don't think disagreeing on how problematic the kind of traffic about > which we are writing is should stop us from trying new kinds of > engagement. In other words, creating more resources for beginners is good > for Jena no matter whether you think this mailing list question is > serious or not. > > --- > A. Soroka > The University of Virginia Library >
