Time to shut down this list?

[Eric]

How about rename this list "Newbie Questions" and just go on trust that 
the people asking the questions are really newbies.


Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:

>Most (all?) of the traffic on -newbies lately has been of technical
>nature.  That's not surprising, but there are a number of reasons why
>it's not a good idea:
>
>1.  It's not the original charter of the mailing list.  For reference:
>
>      This list is a gathering place for people new to FreeBSD.
>      Please feel free to share your experiences with others on this
>      list.
>
>      Support questions should be sent to
>      freebsd-questions at freebsd.org.  Technical questions should be
>      sent to freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org.  (NOT to the newbies list
>      please)
>
>      Full info and FAK http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/
>
>      Please read the info and FAK. They contain important information
>      regarding the purpose and use of this mailing list.
>
>2.  There's already a mailing list for technical questions, as
>    mentioned above: FreeBSD-questions at FreeBSD.org.
>
>3.  Most of the experienced people on the FreeBSD-questions list don't
>    read -newbies.  If they do, they've been told not to answer
>    technical questions there.
>
>The result: ask a question on -newbies and you're less likely to get
>an answer.  If you do get an answer, it's less likely to be correct.
>In either case, people on the -questions mailing list are not going to
>see the answer, so even if the answer is correct, it's of less use to
>the community at large.
>
>I'd suggest that we slowly disband this list (over a period of, say,
>two weeks).  There are plenty of other FreeBSD mailing lists, and it's
>up to you to join them.  If you're interested in technical issues,
>-questions is the obvious one to join.
>
>Comments?
>Greg
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