On March 29, 2005 09:50, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Mr. Geek wrote: > > Having something like a newsletter would also allow people to compile > > their own libraries on a variety of technical topics, which can be > > reviewed offline at their leisure, while cutting back on some of the > > redundant posts to the list. > > > > Following along this line of thought, would it be possible to post the > > newsletters on the Twiki site for future reference, with a possibility > > of any user requesting those article by email at a later date? > > In theory, it sounds good. In practice, I suspect that the people that > need it most would not read it. It would get treated like the welcome > message - filed and forgotten. > > You might want to think about adding a mailing list just for tips. That > way, the people that are interested could subscribe, and the people that > for what ever reason are not interested will not have to filter out > extra messages. > > Mikkel
I sometimes think that we need a quiz that new list members must take before joining 8^). It can be frustrating to see things such as html emails and reply-to's set incorrectly (other than for gmail users, where we know it's a problem) that are addressed in the intro email. Perhaps they would actually read it and apply it if they knew they were going to get quizzed. Of course mistakes happen, but it seems that too many newbie-newbies (newbies to the newbie list 8^) start off doing exactly the things the intro mail says not to do. Of course we don't want to discourage people from joining either, so I'm not sure how well this idea would fly. Getting people to read and follow instructions is a universal problem anyway. I still remember in university exams there were instructions on the top of the exam, but inevitably one or more people would raise their hand and ask a question that was answered in the instructions. And these are allegedly the best and brightest 8^). -- Ron ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. "As you know, necessity is the mother of invention. I don't know who the father is. Remorse, I guess." - Red Green
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