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A possible way to reduce basic questions

5 messages · Gabor Grothendieck, Tim Cutts, Anne +2 more

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Gabor Grothendieck
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Jim Lemon <bitwrit <at> ozemail.com.au> writes:
The traffic on r-help could be reduced by creating a second list where
more elementary questions are asked.  

There may be other ways to partition the universe of questions as well.
Tim Cutts
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On 2 Dec 2004, at 1:23 am, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
But how many people here would read it, and help the novices (like me) 
out?  There is always the danger that novice lists just become 
write-only lists.

Tim

  
    

      
      
    

  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

      Anne
    

    

      
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What about starting a database? I know it is a lot of work but one of the
difficulties one encounter with R is taht i can be diffcult to know where to
look for answers...I do agree that a basic list will tend to be a write only
list! (and I take the opportunity here tp thank all of you for your patient
answers !)

Anne

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Cutts" <tjrc at sanger.ac.uk>
To: <ggrothendieck at myway.com>
Cc: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>; <bitwrit at ozemail.com.au>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: [R] A possible way to reduce basic questions

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

        
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      Yuandan Zhang
    

    

      
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I would like to add a few points on the increasing size of r-help. 

1. this is a possitive sign that more and more people migrate to R. For starting users of R or a R package, the r-help is unique way to seek answers. Gradually, once starting, I trust, users are finding ways to search answers. 

2. DO NOT disencourage users to ask bassic questions, this may scare starters away from R. I believe, most of us experienced such transsion, from basic questions to good familarity with R or some R packages. We should encourage experienced users contribute to Q-A.

3. We may start forming interesting groups to deal with some specifical questions. It is true that not everyone using all packages, or not many people mastering on all packages, but a few users may know almost every aspect of some packages. If a task force can analyse the previous questions, cluster them and identify a number of key areas, this may be a useful start to group people. Directing questions to target groups may produce quick and fruitful answers.

Yuandan
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 17:17:21 +0000

        
Tim Cutts <tjrc at sanger.ac.uk> wrote:

        

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

        
Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit
The University of New England
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