Re: Mike Walsh - is he helping or hurting the Sharepoint community?

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If everyone were to respect newsgroup etiquette, the Mike wouldn't have to
respond in such a way. Remember these forums are supported on a voluntary
basis and your comments simply damage the motivation for such people to
assist others with valid answers. You can always use paid support. But
please don't bite the hand that feeds you ! Mike answers lots of queries
and since this is voluntary time makes the most of being able to answer
these by pointing people in the right direction. If you can't be bothered
to spend a little time reading an FAQ, then don't expect Mike to put in any
more time on answering queries either.

I think your comments are crass, unecessary, and demean the excellent work
that the MVP's do in this forum. Further if you are really sad enough to
spend time putting together such a NG posting then you really should get out
more !

Get over it ! Mike does a sterling job and has my 100% support.

Unfortunately I suspect your comments will do nothing to encourage Mike or
his colleagues to provide their time willingly and voluntarily in supporting
users, so your comments are extremely detrimental to the ongoing viability
of the NG.

You have done little to gain the respect of other MVP's or indeed other
users in this forum. Your comments have simply damaged that relationship. I
wouldn't be at all surprised if you see a situation where many queries are
simply not answered at all now. All thanks to you !

Regards

Ian

<Badonkadonkey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1126559395.947633.127170@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I usually don't rant, but hear me out.
>
> I have been paying close attention to these boards for the past 6
> months, and over and over see Mike Walsh reply to topics. That in
> itself, is a respected thing....
>
> Unfortunately, here is what I have seen from these posts:
> (this is my personal estimate)
>
> 20% of his posts are scolding people for posting in more than one
> message board, posting in the wrong message board, or posting a reply
> message too soon
>
> 30% of his posts simply tell the user to view his FAQ. Now I've read a
> lot of his FAQ, and some of it is good, but again, that doesn't exactly
> answer the question....I know his FAQ is there, but when I ask a
> question, it obviously wasn't answered by his FAQ....
>
> 30% of his posts give simple answers to complex questions....That in
> itself is fine, but almost always this is not an appropriate or useful
> answer.
>
> 10% of his posts are worthwhile, although they are generally answering
> the simple things I learned about SP in the first month I used the
> software.
>
> Now Mike, I do appreciate the time you put into this, and am unsure if
> there is an agenda for why you post so much, or if you are genuinely
> trying to be helpful, but I just want to encourage you to realize that
> Quality is much more important than quantity....I believe I speak for a
> significant group when I say to please back off, and only answer
> questions that you actually know the answer to. You have hurt my
> productivity in past situations, and I'm sure have hurt others
> productivity as well.
>
> I am sure there will be those that defend you, and I understand and
> appreciate that. I'm just curious to see if this is as widely believed
> as I think it might be. If any of you plan on replying to this post, I
> ask you not to suck up - If you honestly think Mike is great, go ahead
> and say it....I'm sure he'd appreciate the encouragement. If you feel
> the same way as I do, I would also appreciate the support. Sorry Mike,
> it just finally wore me down...Searching for answers to sharepoint is
> tough, and i'm sick of you making it even tougher.
>
> -Sam
>


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