Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 19:39:41 -0700 From: Jeffrey Hsu <hsu> To: gary@wcs.uq.oz.au Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Gating hackers into the newsgroups Message-ID: <199504250239.TAA07177@freefall.cdrom.com>
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> OK, having been stupid enough to put my hand up in the first place, here > is what I see myself being able to do. > 1. I agree to act as a `registration point' for willing `lurkers'. If you > 2. I would produce a suitable `announcement' of the service which would > 3. I would receive all requests from newbies and send them a standard > 4. At the end of the hand-holding period (how long do people feel this > 5. Helpers can withdraw at any time *after* handling 1 newbie. This > 6. I would try to do this `by hand' unless some scripting expert could > come up with some automated scheme to handle it. Do you have any idea how many 100s of CDROMs WC ships every week? How many of these newbies do you think you're going to be able to handle manually? Since most of these newbie problems will be the same, a newbie FAQ, periodically broadcast to the newsgroup, would be a much more effective solution. You could compile the info for this FAQ from old list mail and newsgroups questions. Our current collection of FAQs should also help. People who've just helped a newbie with a new problem could send a short writeup to you for inclusion in the newbie FAQ. This way, you could reach thousands and thousands of newbie who see the FAQ on the newsgroup all at once rather than individually.
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