Re: re: forums and community commons

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Dan Marshall wrote:

> As for the "linux questions" subject... I work as a janitor in a factory 
> during the evenings. The cleaning crew mops the front entry hall, and we post 
> signs to keep the workers off the wet floor. They walk over it anyway. I'm 
> convinced that the only way to keep them off the floor would be to post armed 
> guards, and even then you'd have to shoot a few to give the rest the idea. 
> The only reason I still put up signs is so that when/if they fall and kill 
> themselves, they don't sue.

 	You are right on this.  While it's good for us to have rules 
posted, we do need to realize that some people will indeed ignore them.

> People are going to ask linux questions in this forum, and there is nothing 
> we can do to stop it. We could go the route of: "Hey noob! Ask those 
> questions over *there*!" But I think it would be a friendlier environment, 
> and probably get just as many new LQ recruits, if we gently reminded them 
> that they might get better results over at the LQ forums, then did our best 
> to answer their questions anyway. I would like to get a consensus on this 
> matter, but we could also just agree to disagree on the issue.

 	The problem I see here is that once the precedent is set and you 
start answering question in the wiki, more questions will follow. 
{msg:Forums} was recently added to help steer people in the right 
direction.  I'm open to feedback on the topic though.

--jeremy