Re: Think BEFORE you post.

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Robinson,

Although I agree with Boo, do I agree with you more.

I think that there are some obvious guys/girls who are not newbie's but want
their code or whatever from a newsgroup.

That does not mean that the majority of good guys should suffer from the few
bad guys.

When I started I have asked the most crazy things which only a fool or
somebody very intelligent could answer.

I still am thankful for that Herfried,

:-)

Cor

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Its important to remember that not everyone thinks on the same levels, or
is as experienced as you may be. Some people may ask a question and be
asking entirely the wrong question, but in context to what they perceive
is the problem, and people like you and me can understand their problem
better than they can.

Sometimes its not until they ask the question - as stuiped as it may be -
that regulars like us can put it into context and point them on their
way, even if its to say go to google cos its been answered 20 times
already. Someone inexperienced may also enjoy answering these repeat
problems as a means of building up their own knowledge. I do though
sometimes gag when its so darn obvious that a simple search would
suffice.

I totally agree with the first part of your post. However, for the second
part, successful googling is a skill like any other. When you need to
understand the concepts and keywords you want to know about - something of
an impasse occurs. This group does not need the OP discouraging people
from asking "obvious" questions, or even non-obvious questions; the poster
does not know beforehand whether the question is obvious or not. If the
OP doesn't like these questions, he doesn't have to answer them. This
group has been free of bad attitude for the years I've been using it and I
hope it stays that way. This may mean the OP changing his approach.

The only advice I would give new posters is to always put the question in
context. It's much easier to find the answer that way.





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