Hi Frank, I understand and appreciate your concerns, but in this case, I feel that both Ian and Isaac are doing a great job at helping developers new and old with potentially GWT specific problems.
You'll notice over time that threads that don't have much to do with GWT, or have to do with GWT-related libraries but should be posted on those respective forums, often don't get a reply. If they do get a reply, it's usually a notice saying that the person posting should try another more appropriate forum for help. Also, queries around topics that have already been discussed in great detail on other threads are also usually answered by telling the developer to search the forum or the web for a solution. That said, it is indeed important to keep a friendly and helpful tone in this forum. This creates an environment where members can feel free to post and contribute to technical discussions around the GWT platform, or seek help and bring up issues as appropriate. As Isaac suggested, I recommend taking a read through the GWT Discussion Group Charter to get a better idea of the community we're trying to build. GWT Discussion Group Charter: http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit/web/gwt-discussion-group-charter Cheers, -Sumit Chandel On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Frank Argueta <[email protected]>wrote: > > If you look at the posts by Rahul, who only started posting since > July, you'll find that a lot of them are off topic. For example : > > - how do I connect to convert is JDBC ResultSet into ArrayList > - how do I execute DOS commands > - how do I convert XML to PDF > - how do I format XML on the server > - why xml manipulations fails on server > - hosted mode hangs because I did something screwy on my server and > here's my sample code : > <<method opens a new connection on each invocation without closing > it>> > > I realize you are a helpful bunch of smart guys, but imagine if every > Java beginner starts posting such questions on the GWT forum. The > traffic on the GWT forum is high enough that additional noise like > this really doesn't help. > > Having been in the business a while, I recognize a certain type of > developer that post questions without making the slightest of effort > in trying to read up / search for a solution on their own. Taking the > liberty to fire an email to the GWT group at the first signs of > encountering a problem is definitely not helpful to any party > involved. Moreover responding to such questions will only encourage > him to post more server related questions without putting in a > concerted effort to resolve it himself. > > Frank "Argue"-ta. > > On Aug 28, 2:03 pm, Ian Bambury <[email protected]> wrote: > > 2009/8/28 Isaac Truett <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > Ian, > > > > > Yes, the name did not escape my notice. But I do find reference to it > > > as a surname, probably of Spanish origin. Why not give him the benefit > > > of the doubt? > > > > Because he's only posted 4 times and his previous comment to Rahul was > > > > "Perhaps you should learn Java and also learn how to solve your > > problems instead, especially if its urgent to you - which does not > > make your issue urgent to anyone else. Please stop posting questions > > not related to GWT on this forum." > > > > The one after that was > > > > "I would request that this group require message subjects and sender > > names to be in English. The foreign characters in sender name / > > subjects are quite distracting." > > He doesn't seem to be entering into the spirit IMO, and if he can't take > it, > > he shouldn't dish it out. > > > > Ian > > > > http://examples.roughian.com > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
