Should there be an R-beginners list?
If you want a vision of an R-beginners list, it is a boot stamping "ITS IN THE DOCUMENTATION" into a newbies face - forever. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/georgeorwe159438.html slight exaggeration perhaps, but most R-beginners would benefit from reading a bit more documentation and "LURKING MOAR" on the mailing list before asking. Same applies to posting on StackOverflow. Barry
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Arman Eshaghi <arman.eshaghi at gmail.com> wrote:
I do not agree with a separate beginner's list. But I do stand with moving to stackoverflow, mainly because of the easier google search than current mailing list. It could make it more accessible. On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 4:07 AM, John Sorkin <JSorkin at grecc.umaryland.edu>wrote:
Mailing list vs. stack overflow, I have no opinion, but beginners list NO! I was a beginner at one time and the mailing list worked just fine. I see no reason to divide our efforts across two lists (be they mailing lists or stack overflow). John John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Baltimore VA Medical Center 10 North Greene Street GRECC (BT/18/GR) Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 (Phone) 410-605-7119 (Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing)
memilanuk <memilanuk at gmail.com> 11/24/2013 7:30 PM >>>
On 11/24/2013 12:04 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
On Sun, 24 Nov 2013, Yihui Xie wrote:
Mailing lists are good for a smaller group of people, and especially good when more focused on discussions on development (including bug reports). The better place for questions is a web forum.
I disagree. Mail lists push messages to subscribers while web fora require one to use a browser, log in, then pull messages. Not nearly as
convenient.
Rich
With the StackOverflow model, you can either view the list of posts related to a specific tag via RSS, or subscribe for email notification of new updates on that topic. Add in the added bonus of the ability to moderate and/or cull spam and redundant questions, etc. and the targeted focus of a SO-type forum increases dramatically IMHO.
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