If you want a vision of an R-beginners list, it is a boot stamping "ITS IN THE DOCUMENTATION" into a newbies face - forever.
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/georgeorwe159438.html slight exaggeration perhaps, but most R-beginners would benefit from reading a bit more documentation and "LURKING MOAR" on the mailing list before asking. Same applies to posting on StackOverflow. Barry On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Arman Eshaghi <arman.esha...@gmail.com> wrote: > I do not agree with a separate beginner's list. But I do stand with moving > to stackoverflow, mainly because of the easier google search than current > mailing list. It could make it more accessible. > > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 4:07 AM, John Sorkin > <jsor...@grecc.umaryland.edu>wrote: > >> Mailing list vs. stack overflow, I have no opinion, but >> beginners list NO! I was a beginner at one time and the >> mailing list worked just fine. I see no reason to divide our >> efforts across two lists (be they mailing lists or stack overflow). >> John >> >> >> John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. >> Professor of Medicine >> Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics >> University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology and >> Geriatric Medicine >> Baltimore VA Medical Center >> 10 North Greene Street >> GRECC (BT/18/GR) >> Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 >> (Phone) 410-605-7119 >> (Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing) >> >>> memilanuk <memila...@gmail.com> 11/24/2013 7:30 PM >>> >> On 11/24/2013 12:04 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: >> > On Sun, 24 Nov 2013, Yihui Xie wrote: >> > >> >> Mailing lists are good for a smaller group of people, and especially >> >> good when more focused on discussions on development (including bug >> >> reports). The better place for questions is a web forum. >> > >> > I disagree. Mail lists push messages to subscribers while web fora >> > require >> > one to use a browser, log in, then pull messages. Not nearly as >> convenient. >> > >> > Rich >> > >> >> With the StackOverflow model, you can either view the list of posts >> related to a specific tag via RSS, or subscribe for email notification >> of new updates on that topic. >> >> Add in the added bonus of the ability to moderate and/or cull spam and >> redundant questions, etc. and the targeted focus of a SO-type forum >> increases dramatically IMHO. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> >> Confidentiality Statement: >> This email message, including any attachments, is for ...{{dropped:18}} > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.