On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 16:45 +0000, Jos? Matos wrote: > On Thursday 05 March 2009 16:30:54 Orcan Ogetbil wrote: > > ... which I find disturbing. It is really hard for a new contributor > > to get used to the jargons used in these email lists, to the point > > where it becomes discouraging, sometimes. > > And where do you stop explaining all the terms? > What is the lowest level that you assume for your readers? > > If you come from the academic world and you entering a new area the scenario > above is precisely what you find, some incomprehensible jargon and a strange > reasoning. :-) > > What in this list has worked until now is to ask if you don't understand what > is the context. > > This is a friendly list and I don't remember answers like RTFM (read the fine > manual). As a general rule there is always someone that either answers or at > least provides places where to find more details. I actually agree with you on this. I don't think it's realistic to expect an informal forum such as this to follow strict rules about references, nor is that what I was complaining about in my original post. It's a question of striking the right balance, that's all. poc
