+1 Martijn Dashorst wrote: > On 5/1/08, Andrew Broderick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The guy asked a simple question. > > And I answered it is a simple manner: read the javadoc, if that > doesn't help you, tell us what is wrong. All condensed in a single > question. You chose to read it as a RTFM. Did you ever read [1]? > >> If there's one fault with this otherwise great mailing list, it's the >> attitude that >> the old-timers have towards the newbies. > > WTF? Why is it so hard to actually use the stuff we have provided? We > write javadoc, we have a wiki, we are writing a book, spend a lot of > our free time working on wicket related stuff, including answering > questions on this list. There is no payment for us in all of this (if > you think that the book will bring us money, then write your own and > see if it works out for you) > > Is it then too much to ask that people actually read the javadoc and > if you don't understand the javadoc, *THEN* ask the question related > to the javadoc? > >> So, guys, if you want Wicket to attain widespread adoption, please don't >> shoot >> back at anyone who asks a question with a response of RTFM. Take the time >> to explain stuff. > > users@ had 2186 messages in April, 37% of that traffic came from 10 > people. 4 of them were so-called old-timers, not asking questions but > helping out. >25% of traffic in April came from core contributors. So > please don't tell me we are not helping out. > > What do you think the javadoc is for? Do you think we write javadoc to > increase our commit count? Didn't we already put in the time to > explain it? Did you consider that the ratio of users asking questions > that they can answer themselves versus the contributors that actually > answer is roughly 30 : 1, putting us (the old-timers) at a serious > disadvantage? > >> (This also contributes to the Wicket knowledge base, as it >> remains in the list archives, and hence shows up in Google searches). > > Why do you think we write the javadocs? So people can READ them. When > people don't take the time to actually read the fricking javadoc, what > does make you think that people will use google, the wiki or the > mailing list archive? > > Martijn > > [1] http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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