[R-SIG-Finance] How people do get information about the list?

[Robert Iquiapaza]

Good idea to create something for beginners.

Also, in Nabble
http://n4.nabble.com/R-f789695.html
it is possible to search many past post to R lists

Robert

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From: "Matthieu Stigler" <matthieu.stigler at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 12:05 PM
To: "R-Finance" <r-sig-finance at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Subject: [R-SIG-Finance] How people do get information about the list?

> Hi guys
>
> I was just wondering after those repeted scenes where people ask and get
> answered "search on the list", "this has been answered", "give 
> reproducible
> example" how actually soemone totally new to the list might know about its
> functionning...
>
> Assume the guy discovers the list through R page/ mailing lists/ r
> -sig-finance. How can he serach into the archive? Obviously, just looking 
> at
> that page:
> "To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the 
> R-SIG-Finance
> Archives <https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-finance/>.
>
> won't help him so much (unless there is a way to search from that 
> archive?).
> After some search (assume the guy wants something more precise than just
> google), the guy will maybe find that there is a searchable archive here
> (are there others?):
> http://marc.info/?l=r-sig-finance&r=1&b=200902&w=2
>
> Finally, say the guy searched and did an answer for his topic. She wants 
> to
> ask, how should she formulate her question? No particular instructions 
> (show
> code, give self repro example), are given...
>
> So I don't know... but there would maybe be another way to give a few
> informations on the list that could help people asking questions, and 
> avoid
> people from the list to repeat always the same? Maybe kind of web page 
> just
> metionning a few "advices" on how to ask, with links to searchable 
> archives?
> Or any other idea?
>
> Best
>
> Matthieu
>
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