Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sunday 02 March 2008, A. Tres Finocchiaro wrote: > > > If I read this right, it appears Alan would like a way to filter the > > extremely "noob" questions from the "legit" ones. > > > > That's about right. Or expressed another way - and painting with very > broad strokes here - the majority of new user questions are along the > lines of "What is Wine? How do I install it? How do I use it?" A good > and current FAQ or a forum is a good way to answer these questions. > Then you should think about un-subscribing from the wine-users. That is the list for users to seek help. If you saying you can only help these users and not other users just because they know less about wine - you should rethink why you subscribed to the list in the first place. This is a pointless conversation. Splitting mailing list to "noobs" and "experts" will never work, as noobs will always think they are experts, and wise-versa.