Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 07:56:59 +1100 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> Cc: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -question on -doc Message-ID: <19981218075659.20332@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.981217201318.asmodai@wxs.nl>; from Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai on Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 08:13:18PM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812151123040.962-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> <XFMail.981217201318.asmodai@wxs.nl>
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On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 08:13:18PM +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:
> On 15-Dec-98 Jason C. Wells wrote:
> > Change the list order so that people hit -questions first.
> > Swap section 27.1.1 with section 27.1.3.
> > Eliminate 27.1.1 as it is redundant with 27.1.3
> > State that -doc is not the place to ask -questions.
>
> Aye, this would be a welcome change... It would at least help the clooless
> newbie to find the correct list to mail to... An extra addition to the
> documentation project might also be beneficial, something like: Have ye tried
> asking questions? =)
That might not help much. I have always found the description of
freebsd-questions a real turn-off. In fact, when I was a clueless
newbie this haiku in negative terms made me avoid using
freebsd-questions. Now that I'm just a newbie it makes me shrug.
We've been here before. Apparently the description makes perfect sense
to everyone else so I'm just a mutant. Fine. I've got emails here from
several other mutants who insist they understood the description to
mean keep out. This flag's pretty tattered now. I give up. Almost.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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