[R] mailing list for basic questions - preliminary sum up

[Liaw, Andy]

> From: Tom Mulholland
> 
> I have empathy for lots of the points already made, more 
> often on the life
> is not always easy and you have to work at it flavour because 
> that's where
> you make the real gains.
> 
> One particular message early in the piece cited an example of 
> what a good
> request might look like. Other lists sometime send out 
> regular messages
> (although they tend to be about the rules of the list) that 
> are intended to
> make sure that important pieces of information are regularly repeated.
> 
> I know that there is more than enough talent on this list to 
> put together
> suggestions for getting quick responses that could be sent 
> out regularly.
> The sorts of things that might be in it would be when you 
> should attach
> details of operating system, version etc. (or if they should always be
> there) as well as comments like those by Spencer Graves and 
> it could include
> the checklist that someone mentioned (I think that was Frank 
> Harrell). It
> would almost be a pro-forma for messages and while people 
> don't have to use
> it, it may help those who do think before they post (we'll 
> never stop some
> people, because that's just the way they are)
> 
> Tom Mulholland
> Tom Mulholland Associates

Please see Eric Raymond's "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way"
(http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html).

(One of these days I shall take up Martin's suggestion and write an entry
for R-FAQ pointing to it.  The problem is getting people to actually read
the FAQ, let alone links in the FAQ...)

Best,
Andy



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