[R] Trailing on r-help messages

[Spencer Graves]

Hi, Gabor:  Yes.  Saying more often communicates less.  Spencer Graves

Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
> I was trying to keep it to 4 lines making it more likely read
> than a longer description.
> 
> On 7/16/06, Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at pdf.com> wrote:
>> Hi, Gabor:
>>
>>          Sounds great.  May I suggest a minor modification something like the
>> following;
>>
>>  >    R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
>>  >    https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>>  >    PLEASE include in your post minimal, self-contained, reproducible
>> code as suggested in posting guide,
>> "www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html".  Posts more consistent with this
>> standard tend to get quicker, more useful replies.
>>
>>          I'd also suggest adding something like this to the Special Interest
>> Group posts as well.  I also reply to questions on R-sig-finance, and I
>> find myself going to R-help to copy the "PLEASE do read the posting
>> guide" comment for r-sig-finance.
>>
>>          Thanks for suggesting this.
>>          Spencer Graves
>>
>> Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
>>> I would like to propose that we change the trailer on r-help
>>> messages which is currently:
>>>
>>>    R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
>>>    https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>>>    PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>>>
>>> to add the following 4th line:
>>>
>>>    and provide minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>>>
>>> The posting guide is so long that I suspect few people really read
>>> it so at least this way the most important part of the message about
>>> posting would be readily visible without further user action.
>>>
>>> Of course minimal refers to cutting the code down to remove
>>> anything not related to the question at hand while self-contained
>>> and reproducible refer to being able to copy the code from
>>> the post and paste it into an R session to reproduce the
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________
>>> R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> 
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