[R] Should there be an R-beginners list?

[Barry Rowlingson]

If you want a vision of an R-beginners list, it is a boot stamping
"ITS IN THE DOCUMENTATION" into a newbies face - forever.

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/georgeorwe159438.html

slight exaggeration perhaps, but most R-beginners would benefit from
reading a bit more documentation and "LURKING MOAR" on the mailing
list before asking. Same applies to posting on StackOverflow.

Barry


On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Arman Eshaghi <arman.eshaghi at gmail.com> wrote:
> I do not agree with a separate beginner's list. But I do stand with moving
> to stackoverflow, mainly because of the easier google search than current
> mailing list. It could make it more accessible.
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 4:07 AM, John Sorkin <JSorkin at grecc.umaryland.edu>wrote:
>
>> Mailing list vs. stack overflow, I have no opinion, but
>> beginners list NO! I was a beginner at one time and the
>> mailing list worked just fine. I see no reason to divide our
>> efforts across two lists (be they mailing lists or stack overflow).
>> John
>>
>>
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>> >>> memilanuk <memilanuk at gmail.com> 11/24/2013 7:30 PM >>>
>> On 11/24/2013 12:04 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
>> > On Sun, 24 Nov 2013, Yihui Xie wrote:
>> >
>> >> Mailing lists are good for a smaller group of people, and especially
>> >> good when more focused on discussions on development (including bug
>> >> reports). The better place for questions is a web forum.
>> >
>> >    I disagree. Mail lists push messages to subscribers while web fora
>> > require
>> > one to use a browser, log in, then pull messages. Not nearly as
>> convenient.
>> >
>> > Rich
>> >
>>
>> With the StackOverflow model, you can either view the list of posts
>> related to a specific tag via RSS, or subscribe for email notification
>> of new updates on that topic.
>>
>> Add in the added bonus of the ability to moderate and/or cull spam and
>> redundant questions, etc. and the targeted focus of a SO-type forum
>> increases dramatically IMHO.
>>
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