but educating someone in how to ask a good question really -is- helping them :) http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:24 AM, donb <falconwatc...@comcast.net> wrote: > > I don't know what can be more discouraging that the standard 'use > google' or 'that question has been asked/answered too many times' > discussion. Folks, this is a discussion forum. People range from > novice to expert. The experts eventually get tired of answering a > novice question and get testy about it. And it invariable degrades > into name-calling. Besides, searching for 'this' will be a futile > exercise because the word is just too common.. > > Searching is only going to be successful when you can formulate a good > search query. But as pointed out, there usually are a bunch of > 'answers' that may be misleading, create further questions, are just > wrong, or they may appear to be nonapplicable for some reason. Even > when the answer is found, it may not be recognized. The documentation > is not perfect and I find the examples are often quite trivial and > sometimes ambiguous. And often we have people whose primary language > is not English and they may struggle (or fail) to translate those > answers into their own language. (Yes, I know this is the jQuery- > English forum) > > There's no need to lecture anyone on 'proper' use of the forum, > particularly when the lecture/lecturer also goes contrary to decent > and/or proper use of the forum. As has been shown above, the effort > it takes to lecture typically far exceeds the effort it takes to > assist. > > Still a good motto: 'if you can't say something nice then don't say > anything at all.' > > -- I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my wife. And I wish you my kind of success.
