That would be one reason we have a JGuru FAQ: http://www.jguru.com/faq/Struts
This is, of course, referenced from the Struts Resources page: http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/resources.html The main problem, I think, is trying to educate people to use their heads to look before they use their fingers to ask... -- Martin Cooper ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maturo, Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 11:27 AM Subject: RE: Traffic > I do have to mention that often > times if you understood the answer > you would not need to ask the question. :-) > > I think that telling people to search the > archives is a good idea if we know for > sure that they contain an example of > how to solve the question asked. However, > a lot of time the answers are generalities, > which causes the asker to have to ask > again and again and again. If we could > make sure are answers are in the form > of examples, we would undoubtedly cut down > on traffic in the news group. Just over > the past week I have seen Cool Dude ask > the same question, it seems, like 4 times. > > My two cents worth, not a flame. > > -- Larry Maturo > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 11:46 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: Traffic > > > > > I really do agree that users of the mailing list should be *strongly* > encouraged > to search the archives (maybe just with STA, though, so they don't get too > offended!). Sooooo many questions come up that have been tackled over and > over > again. I was off for a week last week and had almost 900 messages in my > inbox > to delete, which is crazy. > > Dave > > > > > > "Galbreath, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/12/2002 > 07:27:17 AM > > Please respond to "Struts Users Mailing List" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: (bcc: David Hay/Lex/Lexmark) > Subject: RE: Traffic > > > > It's going to get worse. Nevertheless, you will never be able to manage the > number/technical level of users in an open forum. SERVLET-INTEREST became > too congested with basic setup and config questions by people too lazy to > search the archive for an answer (and how many scores of questions have been > asked here regarding ActionForm in just the past 2 weeks?) so a few guys > created ADVANCED-SERVLET-INTEREST and began regulating the level of users. > > One thing that helped, however, was being brutally blunt with obviously lame > users and telling them to STFA (search the f*cking archives), STFW (...web) > and RTFM. This started a couple of flame wars, and the Sun moderator > finally had to banish a few people, but the quality and quantity of posts > changed considerably for the better. > > I'm not suggesting that's an answer, but my delete key has been getting a > lot of attention lately.... > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 9:36 PM > > > Well, it's not dibilitating. I can hack it. I guess I'm neutral on this > one. > > - Cody > > "Barr, Scott [IBM GSA]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/11/2002 > 08:01:41 PM > > I disagree. Most messages are relatively small, and so long as people dont > send attachments there generally isn't too much of a problem. > The delete key is a great filter :) > > Scott > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 12:28 PM > > > > I second that motion. We do not have filtering capability here at my work > > so I have to manually delete messages! > > > > - Cody > > > > Mark Rines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/11/2002 07:19:43 PM > > > > Phew, > > I vote that we split up this mail list into several topics such as > > installation, configuration, add-ons (such as strutsTests) and extending > > the > > various ActionXXX classes. I am really having trouble keeping up with all > > (over 110 just today) the email. > > Mark > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
