The other side of the proposed forum is people who want to teach such
people. Many of them (and no doubt many of the learners) don't read
python-list due to its high volume.
Indeed. I see 76000+ unread messages on Python-list since I
subscribed 2.5 years ago. I search it when I have a Python
question, that is not immediately answerable by reading docs...
issues of style mostly. But that is mostly about how to use Python,
not about how to contribute. And I don't have time to read it all.
I wonder if anyone reads it all, and gets anything else done in
life.