On 10/30/2010 03:46 AM, Mike Van Riel wrote:
On 30 okt 2010, at 09:34, Chad Emrys <ad...@codeangel.org> wrote:
On 10/30/2010 02:16 AM, Peter Lind wrote:
On 30 October 2010 09:09, Mike Van Riel<mike.vanr...@naenius.com>
wrote:
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(additionally I wonder why people ask such a simple question on IRC
whilst
googling provides your answer faster..)
Most of the people coming to ##php on freenode asking questions like
that have a hard time learning (on their own or at all) - they expect
to be spoonfed. Changing the token name might lower the frequency of
this particular question, but it would have no overall effect on the
number of people coming to ask questions they could get answered in
two seconds by google.
Regards
Peter
It's the same argument everyone else is giving, and really it all
comes down to this.:
Nostalgia is valued over clarity and consistency.
Do you guys REALLY want to claim that?
If you are referring to my response, I believe I have given other
arguments than your claim, as have others.
The point is in the question: is it worth it?
Do you think it is worth it to change something which works
(functionally), has been there for 12 years and for the effort it
takes to persuade people to want to change it?
This all because people will have to google once in their carreer?
Another solution might be to add a rule to an IRC bot to automatically
provide the answer if the token name (and/or common misspellings) are
mentioned. This would instantly solve the issue about support requests.
Kind regards,
Mike van Riel
I think it's more constructive to the language when we ask "Why Not?"
rather than "Why"? I already mentioned in my first email: It is worth it.
Automatic bot responses are prone to abuse.
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