R help - Nov 2006 - multiple R listservs?

I thought more about this last night after my email about putting an end to
"Read the Manual" replies.

 

It seems that there are a handful of R Super-Programmers. If I were one, I
would get tired of 100's of questions like "How can I get my Excel file
into
R!!!". Concurrently, R is experiencing an exponential increase in new users
to the extent that there are now discussions about the use of R in academia.
Further, this increase is occurring across a breadth of disciplines. So, to
brush aside easy questions is to potentially brush aside new users and put
us in snooty-camp.

 

A potential solution is to offer two lists.one for newbies and one
for.umm.not-newbies. Some not-newbies may prefer subscribing to both and
setting up 2 email folders.

 

Jeff

 

 


	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]

Jeff Miller <jeffmiller <at> adsam.com>
writes:
> I thought more about this last night after my email about putting an end to
> "Read the Manual" replies.
...
> A potential solution is to offer two lists.one for newbies and one
> for.umm.not-newbies. Some not-newbies may prefer subscribing to both and
> setting up 2 email folders.
There is R-help and R-devel already. If you find to much traffic on the R-help
you could read only those mails that attract you - that is what I do.
Additionally, using Gmane with Bloglines is very very nice for my inbox.

Gregor