Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 08:34:20 +0000 (GMT) From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: -newbies Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010120654170.16556-100000@heorot.1nova.com>
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FreeBSD-newbies needs to be removed. I've been on it since it was created and can say that it is not living up to it's orginal purpose. If I remeber right, and a quick check of the archives seems to confirm, -newbies was created only if no questions were asked there. In the last year or two it has been a low-traffic list. Most every post across it has either been a cross-post, OR a question! Despite my and several other's efforts to keep it on topic, and questions posted where they belong, it is somehow attracting questions. Many of which are not even close to being newbie questions! In the intrest of keeping everything in one place, and to keep people from thinking the FreeBSD project is not "helping" them when they send questions to newbies, that don't get answered. (Or worse yet, may get answered wrong,) we need to remove this point of contact. Like I mentioned, I've tried to help direct people to the correct list, but do not have time (or desire) to catch every single mis-post. The only other option I see is that a core of dedicated people make it their job to actively redirect these misposts and/or try to come up with topcis to keep the group on track Rick Rick's FreeBSD Help Site! http://www.1nova.com/freebsd Ace Logan's Hardware Guide http://www.shatteredcrystal.net/hardware ***FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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