Thread: "Newbie" forum?
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#27
Originally Posted by TrueJournals View Post
Overall, the goal has changed from just removing the term "Newbie" to moving things where they belong and making every forum Newbie-friendly. I think SD69 also has a good suggestion: define very carefully what should be allowed in a "Beginners" forum: no command-line. The problem with that is a Newbie might not necessarily know that you have to use the CLI for something, and anyone would then be forced to answer the thread with "You can't do that," which doesn't help the new people learn and move on to the advanced forum.
Perhaps an answer in that situation could be "You can't do that without using the command line (which is too advanced for beginners)" or to move the thread to the appropriate forum.
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