* Thus wrote Jay Blanchard: > [snip] > JB> It used to be, but it seems that it hasn't been posted in a while. > So I > JB> retrieved it and posted it. I was thinking about setting up a cron > to > JB> post it every other day or so. > > I think once a week would be more than enough. You have to actually > hope the newbies even read it, most of them don't even think they are > "newbies" :) > [/snip] > > Then we should chnage the header > [NEWBIE GUIDE] - READ THIS OR YOU'LL NEVER GET ON THE ISLAND Ok. for some reason I'm not sure why this thread has become such an issue, but here are my thoughts, if they even count... For starters spliting this list into a newbie list vs a non-newbie or greater doesn't make much sense. This is a -general list that has the purpose to ask general questions. An is why most of the 'expreienced' people answer them. If the phpcommunity web site focus's on frequently asked questions, this list will still be bombarded with questions that are asked frequently, and in that case it would be wise too add in the NEWBIE GUIDE a reference to the website in question for the answers. As far as when and how often this piece of informationn should be issued.. well the person that was doing it before was sending it weekly (around monday iirc). And, imo, a rather decent time frame, anyone that frequent's this list will be aware of what the message is about. But then again, as was hinted in this thread, that when a person subscribes to this list will most likely ask their question within 24 hours of doing so. With that in mind, it does raise the question if the 'NEWBIE' post is even efficient. The OT, is provied to a new user to understand the environment they are dealing with and the proper ethics in which he/she is dealing with. Since we're on the topic of proper ways to do things, I find it kind of funny that in order to respond to the whole thread of dicusssion, i have to response to a subthread. Curt -- Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
