I think that's going to be a problem with any skill level based separator we create: Who is a beginner? Who is an expert? What if a beginner has a question that an expert needs to answer? If there needs to be a split, perhaps the only way to do it effectively is a topic driven one such as another's suggestion to create ruby-talk and ruby-help. --Jeremy On 12/30/06, James Edward Gray II <james / grayproductions.net> wrote: > On Dec 30, 2006, at 10:07 AM, Daniel Schierbeck wrote: > > > Hello fellow Rubyphilics! > > > > As other have remarked, the quality of this list is rapidly > > declining -- > > not because of a lack of participation, but rather because of the > > increase of the same. Each and every question, no matter how > > nubish, is > > answered, which of course is good. But the deep, poignant (no pun > > intended) discussions seem to have faded in both frequency and > > quality. > > > > I therefore propose we establish a ruby-experts (or the like) mailing > > list intended for exactly those discussions. > > > > Thoughts? > > Who decides who the experts are? > > James Edward Gray II > >