Good idea, Milt. --- Milt Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Dror Matalon wrote: > > > Would it make sense to have a FAQ that's specific to the list (I > > know that there are other servlet FAQ on the net). We could then > > automatically email it to the list periodically and hopefully > > increase the signal to noise ratio. > > > > I'd be happy to host the FAQ, since we have the infrastructure for > > this kind of task. > > The thing is, there are plenty of FAQs already out there. What we > need is for people to be more responsible, to make use of all these > resources before posting to the list, to not post off-topic questions, > etc.. What I think would work better is for there to be a message > that gets sent out to new subscribers explaining all this. And > perhaps that message should get posted periodically as well. But this > is something that the list moderator would have to do (well, I guess > anyone can do the periodic posting, but not having something > automatically sent to new subscribers -- well, it could be fudged, I > guess :-). Such a document could list some of the FAQs. > > If the list moderator doesn't respond, and if there's some consensus, > I could have a go at writing a draft of this (I'd use the old periodic > policy postings as a starting point). > > > > On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 02:19:43PM -0400, Zerbe John W wrote: > > > I happen to agree with Mark on this one. Mike, if you wish to get > > > answers to these people who insist on asking off topic questions > > > here, please do them (and us) a favor by directing them to a > > > general java mailing list and answering their questions there. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Mark E. Zawadzki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:14 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: Off Topic: Just a suggestion... > > > > > > To which I reply > > > http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#not_losing , > > > 5th paragraph forward. Without some selective bashing this forum > > > will lose focus and soon become a general Java list (of which > > > there are plenty enough alreeady) > > > > > > --- Mike Cronin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I kept my trap shut yesterday after getting my butt chewed by > > > > responding to an off topic question regarding date handling. I > > > > understand that this board exists specifically for servlets and > > > > that we should keep the off topic issues to a minimum, but after > > > > reviewing 20 posts of off topic, unhelpful and offhanded > > > > comments this morning, I feel we should stick to answering any > > > > question presented with as little overhead (i.e. slams and/or > > > > digs) as possible. Even when the post is off topic, let's see if > > > > we can get an answer to that programmer and move on. > > > > > > > > Thanks much, > > > > > > > > Mike Cronin > > Milt Epstein > Research Programmer > Integration and Software Engineering (ISE) > Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES) > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html >
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