Originally Posted by
Randy Petersen
As well, we have been toying with the idea (one from about 6-7 years ago) to have a "Newbies Only" section (may or may not be within each forum, still pondering those ramifications) in which some of the more experienced members who do like to answer questions will assist them - outside of the mainstream of the forum itself. Then once the newbies sort of "get it" they will feel more comfortable with the forum itself.
Randy - I think this is a terrific idea. Might I suggest that you could try it in one forum on an experimental basis, to see if it works, and how to improve it, rather than toying with the idea for too much longer. I think this could be a major improvement to FT, and would like to see it implemented as soon as reasonably possible.