On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, at 1:38:39 PM, Appleton Brad-BRADAPP1 wrote:
> Has the idea of a separate newcomer forum been proposed? (it could be
> XP-specific or maybe attempt to encompass agile methods in general)
> It could attempt to use some suitable posting guidelines and
> corresponding moderation policy?
Yes, such a thing has been mentioned. I'm certainly not against it -- and
anyone who wanted to could create such a thing. My concerns are these:
One person's newcomer question is another person's advanced question.
There is no obvious breakdown of what should go where.
Staffing the forum would be difficult.
Most everyone would have to join it, just to see what was going on, so
as not to miss any questions, answers, or the opportunity for followup.
Splintering is exactly what XP is not about.
Many such new groups have been formed, and none of them have taken
hold.
On the other hand, though this group has upwards of 5,000 members, it has a
very small number of frequent posters, a small number of posters at all,
and at most a couple of hundred people ever respond to a poll. Maybe this
is just a small group of insiders talking with each other, with no one
really listening. Perhaps newcomers wander in and wander out, perhaps they
speak and are satisfied, perhaps they are scared away.
I'm not even sure there's a problem, and if there is, I'm not at all sure
what it really is, much less the solution. So I'm hoping wiser heads will
think on it.
Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com
Hold on to your dream. --ELO
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