[R-wiki] Beginner - Intermediate - Advanced... new attempt

[Philippe Grosjean]

Martin Maechler wrote:
> I don't want to get into the other parts of the discussion,
> 
> but if you want to have these tags,
> I think the names (in the subject line)
> should be considered again and compared with your proposal:
> 1) 'novice' instead of 'beginner'     : improvement; good!
> 2) 'user'   instead of 'intermediate' : I think 'user' is too vague
> 3) 'expert' instead of 'advanced'     : This is too restrictive,
> 		    One could argue that only those who are able
> 		    to read and understand most of R's source
> 		    code (C & Fortran) are "experts"
>    whereas probably the majority of attendees of the "useR!"
>    conference should and would be interested and able to gain
>    knowledge from sections in the third category.
> 
> Martin

I know for 'user' and 'expert'. The problem is that I run out of 
imagination to get a good name for these skill levels.

'user' means someone that can use R at least for doing basic stuff... 
So, what else than 'user', or 'useR'? Someone that cannot run R... is 
not a user! Someone that is a little bit more skilled is supposed to 
become a developer... So, that is why I like 'user'.

And for 'advanced/expert'? Do you have a better proposition? In my mind 
this is to tag pages or sections that go a little beyond what you need 
to run a function, or an analysis. For instance, some detailed 
explanation on the way it works internally, or some trick that would 
interest developers only.

Best,

Philippe Grosjean

>>>>>>"PhGr" == Philippe Grosjean <phgrosjean at sciviews.org>
>>>>>>    on Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:00:47 +0100 writes:
> 
> 
>     PhGr> Hello, Following the previous discussion about the
>     PhGr> icons with three users (some people did not like them
>     PhGr> and found them not very clear nor informative enough),
>     PhGr> I make a second trial.
> 
>     PhGr> This time, there are still three skill levels
>     PhGr> ("novice", "user" and "expert"), but no possible
>     PhGr> mixture (like "novice" + "user", excluding "expert",
>     PhGr> for instance).
> 
>     PhGr> I also considered Tont Plate's suggestion of an
>     PhGr> explicit text, but I integrate this text in the icon
>     PhGr> (I also took Ben Bolker's suggestion to use road signs
>     PhGr> ;-).
> 
>     PhGr> I designed three series of icons: 1) With text for top
>     PhGr> of page, 2) Big icon without text, for sections on the
>     PhGr> page and 3) small icons without text, to rate with
>     PhGr> discrete icons lists or table of content entries.
> 
>     PhGr> The Wiki site is modified to use these icons, so, you
>     PhGr> can make your own idea more easily. Look for instance
>     PhGr> at: -
>     PhGr> http://www.sciviews.org/_rgui/wiki/doku.php?id=start
>     PhGr> for the explanation,
> 
>     PhGr> -
>     PhGr> http://www.sciviews.org/_rgui/wiki/doku.php?id=rtips:data:import
>     PhGr> for the use in a page and,
> 
>     PhGr> -
>     PhGr> http://www.sciviews.org/_rgui/wiki/doku.php?id=beginners:introduction
>     PhGr> for usage in a table of content.
> 
>     PhGr> Once again, I am waiting for your valuable comments!
>     PhGr> Best,
> 
>     PhGr> Philippe Grosjean
> 
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