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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] software-specific questions |
| Date: |
06/15/2006 04:05:01 PM |
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David Lamb |
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I think the gislist is great and enjoy being a member of it, learning
from other people's questions, asking questions, and helping whenever
possible. I find it easier to help sometimes when the questioner
includes the software they are using or at least what he/she has
available. I don't think it makes it a software specific question to
list the resources available. I don't see the harm in asking the
gislist, or the software specific forums the same question at the same
time (I do it all the time). There are usually a minimum of two answers
to every GIS question anyway. I guess I'm saying I don't see the need
for separating these two. The forums and this list are both excellent
resources for novices on up. I don't see a problem with pointing people
in the direction of the forums either, it might save time on their next
question. I think to brush people off and say "you should really ask
your question else where" presents a bad image of this list that I'm
apart of. I think this list should be as friendly as possible. It can
be intimidating to new users (which we all were at one point) to ask a
question that might be obvious to a more advanced user. I find some
forums intimidating because of some of the curt condescending responses
posted there from those more experienced users.
One advantage with the forums is that they are searchable. I would say
99% of the time you can probably find someone who's asked a similar
question already and got an answer. The other advantage is you get to
see the response. A lot of the times on this list responses go directly
to the questioner. I'm guilty of this too, and I'm sure it keeps the
list traffic minimal...And the traffic on this list is minimal. I think
an average of 5 emails a day is not too much to filter through.
Anyway, personally I like to receive both the technical and theoritical
questions.
Just my two cents.
David
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