Quote Originally Posted by kalitat View Post
I was going to say perhaps there should be more mentoring in the room for newbies. I would have appreciated that.
But then I look at MY personal responsibilities as a member of chat. As LW and delia have mentioned here are rules and guidelines, there are forums, there are so many outlet that are available for the people who WANT to learn. To say I didn't know shouldn't be an excuse. To say mentor me then shouldn't be an excuse. To say it's the admins job shouldn't be an excuse.
Echoing the posts before me, we are responsible ....
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This statement was originally in reference to chat only. The more I read through the following responses the more I believe it should have been refered to the library in general. Yes mentoring would be helpful, but as has been stated there is no standard and there will not be an agreement on a standard.
My original point was of self responsibility. In that those who truly want to learn have the resources available. It is a newbies responsibility to separate the chaff from the grain and decide for ourselves our personal standards.