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Unread 17-07-2005, 01:33
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Re: Welcome the Newbies

Arefin,
This seems like a pretty valid concern, it can certainly be very intimidating to come into this environment. It is great to see new people come and join, and we should certainly welcome them. But we also have a responsibility to educate them. I would never negative rep someone for posting a thread that has been posted before, that is a trivial "offense"...

However, there are worse offenses...
This also happens to be a place with a great number of "really smart people". Engineers and professionals with a large amount of experience deign to post here and share their wisdom. As my father so frequently told me when I was younger "Listen with your ears, not with your mouth." It is important that all younger members learn to listen, rather than jumping in and offerring opinions and advice that may not be well founded, or worse yet... posting inflamatory accusations or attacks.

When I was a new member back during the 2001 season, I was an idiot. Reading some of my posts from back then makes me cringe. Eventually I learned, and I got better.
Now I can say with authority, that in four years I will look back and say "Wow, I was an idiot in 2005".

Okay... no more ranting... short and sweet:
There are obviously two sides to this...
New members must be welcomed, but they must also learn the ways of this wonderful community.
Veterans need to make sure that in their zeal to educate new members, they do not scare them away.

$.02
John

edit:
Some would argue that even today, I am an idiot.
No names mentioned...
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Last edited by JVN : 17-07-2005 at 03:05.