Web based R-help not a list
On Nov 9, 2011, at 5:38 PM, Cem Girit wrote:
Hello,
Is there a web version of this R-Help user group
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Yes. You were offered an option to get a digest when you signed up.
I'm not sure if this response answers the question. It seems to me
that
there is not an option to ask for help in R and get the answers to your questions interactively on a webpage without involving your email
address.
Unfortunately, I see this a lot with many computer based
help/communities.
What I sometimes do to cope is make a separate email address with google where I just add ".whatever" to the username part and subscribe with it. Then I bother to make a different user on my computer so I don't have to login and out of google on firefox to check it. It seems to me that this
is
bending over backwards instead of a more obvious solution, but it's the
only
solution I have found because the people who have helped me the most on
this
site don't seem to be any different than myself in terms of them being
users
like you and me without some sort of resource or credential or interest
in
making the more obviously useful help webpage that your email speaks
clearly
to me about. I mean, I write that email in my head every time I have a question in R and I think this is a very legitimate question.
3. I can arrange to receive only the responses to my posts automatically
Most people reply to both the poster and the the list, but there is no enforcement mechanism. Your unwillingness to do any extra work to educate yourself is duly noted.
This seems to be an offensive comment from one of the "Asperger's" people that the posting guide refers to. Your question is a good one. I think what R has going for it is that it is really convenient and that
there
are often very quick and easy answers if you can get to them. The idea
that
you should have to do extra work to answer simple questions is
ludicrous, There are really many possibilities to find answers. Some of them were shown in earlier posts. I work with R maybe more than 10 years and I still first try to search an answer by CRAN search options and use R-help only as a last resort. I sometimes manage to answer questions of others and more than often I just consult help page and recite part of it to the poster.
and what's worse about the current system is that you also have to be exposed to people's negative attitudes such as the one just displayed. Unfortunately, I haven't seen any progress. All I can say is that if you
can I admit I do not know other help system than MS Windows and some other commercial programs. R seems to me far better because if you really are willing to learn it is extremely helpful to read answers from others. I sometimes check an answer to other question just because I want to see what is going on. And some answers are worth saving as they can be extremely helpful for further work. Regards Petr
learn to ignore the emotional tolls that people like this charge, they
can
be helpful. I don't think we can ever teach them about the consequences
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