On 03/09/2011 12:04 AM, AlienRelics wrote:
>
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Homebrew_PCBs%40yahoogroups.com>, Wayne Topa <linuxtwo@...> wrote:
> >
> > On 03/07/2011 02:25 PM, Randy S. wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Maybe the groups should be renamed
> > > to Advanced_Homebrew_PCBs
> > >
> >
> > Anyone joining this group should refer to the group archives where a
> > wealth of knowledge already exists. For those of us that have been the
> > group for years know, the recent questions have been asked, and answered
> > many times before.
> >
> > If a new member is not willing to do some research on their own, before
> > asking the group for help, I myself just blacklist ( ie dump as spam)
> > that member.
> >
> > -- Give a man a fish, feed him for a day
> > Teach a man to fish, feed him for life.
>
> So... did you mean:
>
> "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day
> Treat a man with scorn for asking me about lures, then blacklist him."
>
> Are you saying that you are marking list messages as spam when you don't
> like the question? So you are why my Yahoogroups keep ending up in the
> spam folder.
>
Negative. I don't report ANY of this groups mail as SPAM. I Blacklist
Locally not Globally.
I have set up a filter to put unwanted mail, from MANY different
Groups/Lists, into my TRASH folder. That way I don't have to
move/delete them myself.
> This list is for newbies, too. Often the biggest obstacle to finding
> information is not knowing the correct words to search for. If a
> question bugs you, I suggest you just delete it.
That is what I do now. My use of the term "Spam" was in error.
>
> I looked into moving this over to a forum on my webserver. It might have
> made it easier to split up subjects and make FAQs, but it was met with
> mighty resistance. Are you willing to write a FAQ, or just gripe about it?
I did not mean for my post to be a Gripe. It was intended to inform a
newbie that the archives have the answer to many of his questions. If
that was wrong, I apologize.
No I do not have the time to spend on researching the archives to come
up with an FAQ. I spent my first 3 months in this group doing just
that. I did not find that effort to be wasted and I learned enough to
limit my questions to items not found in the archives. I have not found
the need to ask any question, here, in a few years now. I just follow
this Group out of habit because I find it interesting.
Wayne
WA1BBB