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From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
project.org] On Behalf Of Arman Eshaghi
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 1:09 PM
To: John Sorkin
Cc: r-help at r-project.org; memilanuk
Subject: Re: [R] Should there be an R-beginners list?
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
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
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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
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
With the StackOverflow model, you can either view the list of posts
related to a specific tag via RSS, or subscribe for email
of new updates on that topic.
Add in the added bonus of the ability to moderate and/or cull spam
redundant questions, etc. and the targeted focus of a SO-type forum
increases dramatically IMHO.