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Spockie-Tech
Site Admin
Joined: 31 May 2004
Posts: 3160
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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I'm considering creating a flame-proof newbie area where they can ask as many obvious questions as they like, and thats the only area they can post in to start with, until they get past the "can I put a nuclear rocket launcher on my robot ?" stage.
That way, people who dont feel like wading through 50 clueless questions can just avoid the newbie zone (like the off-topic area). Once someone demonstrates a reasonable level of politeness and shows they put more than 3 seconds of thought into their question, then their status would be upgraded to being allowed to post in the areas the experienced builders frequent more often.
Problem is, its a bit of work to do, then make sure all the existing builders permissions are set correctly and upgrading people after a while and stuff, and I have more than enough to do right now. Its easier to growl at a particularly noisy newbie on occasion. If we were getting flooded with them, it would probably be worth doing.
Which leads to the "Experienced roboteer" thing. That was some preliminary work I was doing with permissions and stuff when I was setting up the build threads area. I was thinking of reserving it for builders who had actually competed in an event, thus justifying the "experienced" label, but I understand thats going to be somewhat difficult for you given your location in WA..
Maybe I should write a quiz or something for people to take ? (not serious). You've probably been slapped around the head and flamed often enough now to know better than to ask vague questions ("Dude, how do I build my robot ?! ).
Maybe an opinion poll - Who thinks Big-Al should be annoited with the hallowed title of "Experienced Roboteer" ? _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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