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<DIV id=idOWAReplyText83775 dir=ltr>As is, the page is not phrased well, but the
ideas have been an ingrained part of the open source community for 10-15 years
now. It still needs to be written, though phrased a bit differently.
People coming in from a different venue are not familier with this but people
with a technical background are. It is time for us to put up some
philosophy content now I suspose. There is no reason you cannot write your
own hitchikers guide to include to educate the technical . </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>In any case, how will a seperate community operate
differently? This new community will depend on the generosity of it's
community members too. There are a number of us who don't code who
still contribute. If the only solution is a newbies forum, then I would
rather have that then a seperate site. </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>See my other post for the rest.</DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> documentation-bounces@drupal.org on behalf
of Kim P. Werker<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thu 1/5/2006 9:23 PM<BR><B>To:</B> A list for
documentation writers<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [documentation] Hitchhikers guide
to Drupal<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>On 5-Jan-06, at 6:35 PM, Charlie Lowe wrote:<BR><BR>> This
for no other reason than the difference in who would feel <BR>>
empowered to speak and contribute in such a community.<BR><BR><BR>Now I get
where the Hitchhikers page fits in. I still think posting <BR>it is a bad
idea, but I definitely think I would have benefited 11 <BR>weeks ago from a
page that told me that drupal.org is a developer-<BR>centered community that
depends on an open source behaviour code (if <BR>you will), and only
provides user support based on the generosity and/<BR>or professional services
of community members.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR>Kim<BR>---<BR>Editor<BR>Crochet me
Online Magazine<BR><A
href="http://www.crochetme.com">http://www.crochetme.com</A><BR><BR>This is your
brain on yarn.<BR><BR><BR>--<BR>[ documentation | <A
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