Doesn't that rather defeat the point of what is going on here.
It seems to me that a lot of what we do beyond sharing and
learning from eachother is to answer the questions of the
masses. If we restrict to only registered monks, I find it
hard to believe that so many people will ask, and with that
we become an almost closed community.
Having said that, it may not be the case that Anonymous Monk
has not asked that many questions. Does anyone have stats?
What would be the benefit of knowing someone's email
address? I maintain the point that the few people that send
us their homework are going to do it from home.
At the end of the day, I think that we as individuals
are best qualified to judge what we should answer. And
ultimately, if someone has a question associated with their
homework, there's no reason we should not help. OK, if people
are to expect us to write an entire project, then that's a bit
rude, but helping people out who are at school is no
different to helping people at work.
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Brother Marvell | [reply] |
I dunno I am new here, I am not sure if it would or not. I am sure tho that registering is not a big bother. If I had a -real- question then the time taken to register would not prevent me from asking.
Also it is likely to encourage people to particiate in dialogue long term, rather than asking for help and leaving. Growing in the monastery this is where next years saints will come.
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Zigster
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I too would register, but then we are of a similar attitude.
I have to wonder whether or not the "Monestary Gates" and
"Seekers of Perl Wisdom" type approach that is being used
here rather conveys a more charitable message; a more open
forum. Maybe that's what people find attractive.
It's true to say that you can only be saint if you join,
and I think that the people who have registered and joined
represent a certain type of developer. If we were to force
people to register, then they would not have made the
"choice" to join. In order to make the choice to join and
help others, you have to have the opportunity to make the
choice, take that away and we may lose something special.
Ponder ponder ...
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Brother Marvell
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