Maybe we should have a different kind of intro post, or a poll, that says "what topics are you fluent in, what are you comfortable talking about, what are you familiar with but not really sure of, and what are you totally lost about if they come up?"
there really needs to be a "must be this clued in to have discussions" going on, if there's anything interesting and productive to come out of it.
It sounds like everyone's clued in enough to have these discussions, at least in their own topics, and they're aware that outside of that range, they have things to learn. (We all have things to learn in our own topics-of-choice too, but that's different... we're passionate about those; we want to learn new things there.)
Sorting out what is/is not considered "101" might help with that-- and we wouldn't have to agree with the rest of the web, or even each other for more than it takes to establish community guidelines. (We could agree that here, for the sake of discussion & tagging, "101" posts include the "how not to derail" concepts.)
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Date: 2010-10-13 06:20 am (UTC)Maybe we should have a different kind of intro post, or a poll, that says "what topics are you fluent in, what are you comfortable talking about, what are you familiar with but not really sure of, and what are you totally lost about if they come up?"
there really needs to be a "must be this clued in to have discussions" going on, if there's anything interesting and productive to come out of it.
It sounds like everyone's clued in enough to have these discussions, at least in their own topics, and they're aware that outside of that range, they have things to learn. (We all have things to learn in our own topics-of-choice too, but that's different... we're passionate about those; we want to learn new things there.)
Sorting out what is/is not considered "101" might help with that-- and we wouldn't have to agree with the rest of the web, or even each other for more than it takes to establish community guidelines. (We could agree that here, for the sake of discussion & tagging, "101" posts include the "how not to derail" concepts.)