Newbie Question Area

I was thinking, having seen Compare Perl vs PHP and Win32::ODBC undefined DSN in two days, both good questions, and valid in their forum, but repeatedly asked that we could make an area called Frequent Newbie Questions and then link each question to the many discussions that relate. That way a newbie can look there and see if the question has been asked and answered.

You could even list the 10 top rated answers to each question with a link back to their individual threads.

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RE: Newbie Question Area by splinky (Hermit) on Jul 07, 2000 at 16:31 UTC
You're assuming newbies would actually look there before posting their question. My experiences on Usenet would tend to contraindicate that assumption :-) Besides, we already have Categorized Q&A, which should serve that purpose. Woof	[reply]
RE: RE: Newbie Question Area by c-era (Curate) on Jul 07, 2000 at 17:09 UTC
You could make it so anonymous monks and level 1 users have a random set of newbie area questions appear first on the monastery gates.	[reply]
RE: RE: RE: Newbie Question Area by splinky (Hermit) on Jul 07, 2000 at 17:14 UTC
Hey, I like that idea. The link back to the Newbie Question Area, or the Categorized Q&A, would make them more likely to look there before posting. Woof	[reply]
RE: RE: Newbie Question Area by buzzcutbuddha (Chaplain) on Jul 07, 2000 at 20:52 UTC
Well yeah, I know that that doesn't often happen, but I was thinking that right on the main link bar it would list Frequent Newbie Questions. Perhaps it could even be bolded for AM and Level 1, and then we have the option of turning it off if we don't want to look at it.	[reply]
RE: Newbie Question Area by splinky (Hermit) on Jul 07, 2000 at 16:33 UTC
You're assuming newbies would actually look there before posting their question. My experiences on Usenet would tend to contraindicate that assumption :-) Besides, we already have Categorized Q&A, which should serve that purpose. Woof	[reply]


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