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From: Zac Medico <zmedico@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-installer@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-installer] educating users
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 00:57:37
Message-Id: 432E0B84.70908@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-installer] educating users by "Łukasz Damentko"
1 Łukasz Damentko wrote:
2 > On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:04:53 -0700
3 > Zac Medico <zmedico@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >
5 >
6 >>Łukasz Damentko wrote:
7 >>
8 >>>>If they use the wrong channel/list, then we should politely inform them
9 >>>>that they have breached the accepted etiquette standards and point them
10 >>>>in the right direction.
11 >>>
12 >>>
13 >>>And you will spend whole life on pointing them in right direction...
14 >>>
15 >>
16 >>Well if it is a raging flood, then we have to adapt our strategy.
17 >>For example, restrict voice in #gentoo and make people take a quiz in
18 >>order to subscribe to the gentoo-user mailing list. There could be
19 >>newbie channels/lists with fewer requirements.
20 >
21 >
22 > Do you really think that so many people will suddenly start using
23 > Gentoo that we won't be able to handle them and point to the
24 > appropriate RTFM? :)
25
26 By "pointing them in the right direction" I meant a quick RTFM or pointing them toward a more appropriate channel/list.
27
28 >
29 > Anyways, let's talk about quiz, that's the fun part, what questions
30 > would you like to see in it?
31
32 I would suggest that such a quiz would be multiple choice (for automatic scoring) and would test important points covered in various gentoo docs such as the handbook.
33
34 Zac
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