I think a separate list is redundant. Many basic questions do get answered.
My impression is that *who* is asking, determines the response. A poli-sci student asking the same question as a more (presumably) technically resourceful, say CS person, is more likely to get a helpful response, vs a flame. The simple questions doesn't bother me, I just ignore them. But, it's not my list and I can see how they may bother the list maintainers and 'regular' experts. But I think it's futile (and not worth the raised blood pressure) to get too hot and bothered about those postings. Just my opinion. - Iyue > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Wegmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:18 AM > To: R-list > Subject: Re: [R] mailing list for basic questions - preliminary sum up > > > Dear R-user, > > I already received quite a lot of replies to this mail and > like to do a > preliminary sum up. > > A few were sceptical about the use of such a beginner mailing list. > The arguments were that people starting with R will only stay > subscribed for > a short time > until they reached the R-help "level" and therefore only > beginner will teach > beginner how to > use R. > > But as far as I can judge, the majority of people who replied > to this mail > are medium to > experienced user who like to help beginner but does not call > themselves > highly > experienced user as the main "answerers" on the R-help mailing list. > > Therefore I assume that, even though some answers might be > wrong, the threat > of > possibly wrong answers might be minimal, due to various > experienced users > who like to > subsribe to this list. > > The majority of replies were positive about such a list and > welcomed the > idea to > encourage new user by providing a basic R mailing list, like > the already > existent > corresponding manuals in the contributed documentation at > r-project.org. > > And again, this list shall only provide a basic and smooth > introduction into > R and its > capabilities. > Questions like; "How do I make my labels in a graphic bigger? > - How do I > change the > colour? - etc." are welcome and surely would annoy the > majority of R-help > user because it > is mentioned somewhere on the first 10 pages of every manual, > but people who > are used > to click on a graphic and change it in a second would not be > convinced that > R can do > great graphics. > > well, I would welcome if there would be more discussion about > it or to give > it a try > (perhaps mention it on the r-project web-site) and look how > productive this > mailing list > proves to be. > The address of the R-beginner mailing list is: > > https://lists.uni-wuerzburg.de/mailman/listinfo/r-beginner > > best regards, Martin > > > -- > > Neu: Preissenkung für MMS und FreeMMS! http://www.gmx.net > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > "Secure Server" made the following annotations on 12/16/2003 08:33:16 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately." ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help