[Wine] RFD: create new list and forum 'wine-newbies'

[Greg Harris]

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:18:15 -0400
"Zachary Goldberg" <zgs at seas.upenn.edu> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Dan Kegel <dank at kegel.com> wrote:
> > It has been suggested that the wine-users list
> >  is now too busy, and needs to be split into two:
> >  one for experienced users, and one for beginners.
> >  However, this might leave the beginners adrift
> >  without any experienced people to help them.
> >
> >  So I don't think we should do it unless at least
> >  a handful of experienced users are willing to join the
> >  new group and lend a hand.  I'm willing, but I
> >  can't do it all myself.
> >  Who else would be willing to join a wine-newbies
> >  list/forum and help support beginners?
> >  - Dan
> >
> >
> 
> I agree with Dan that I don't think that splitting the users list is
> worthwhile.  It simply fragments for the sake of reducing traffic.  We
> _FINALLY_ have some communication between the Wine community and our
> users looking for help and hopefully they are getting they help they
> need and we're learning how to avoid common trouble spots and fix them
> (And I do think this is happening).
> 
> 
> -Z
> 
I'm sympathetic with the goal of avoiding fragmentation, even if I
find much of the new traffic somewhat annoying. If there is to be a
separation, though, I'm not sure newbie-ness is necessarily the best
metric.

Where I find myself hitting the delete key quickly is where the subject
line clearly relates to this or that game. Breaking the list (and forum
link) into a "wine-games" and "wine-everything-else" might be a better
way both to target questioners with helpful experts and to reduce
annoyance all around.

Of course, I'm not expert enough to offer much help to either category,
so take my perspective with a large grain of salt.

Greg Harris