On Thursday 29 May 2003 22:49, Mike Morton wrote: > There are plenty of people here that are willing to help - if you are not - > piss off.
For the record the gentleman posted the question twice. I didn't even bother to answer the first one (and no-one else did). When he posted again he was obviously desperate (or more likely impatient) and may have kept on posting until he got an answer. And to suggest that "have you searched google?" is rude, is beyond my powers of reasoning. > Not everyone has your complete knowledge and massive experience and extreme > brainpower, and we are not all able to utilize our pitiful intellects to > your level and utilize all the useful resources that google has to offer. If you think it requires massive intellect to be able to use a search engine then I really do pity you. Honestly. > As for this list being the first resort, why not? Obviously you do not know how mailing lists work. > Who are you to determine > whether this list is a first, last or any other kind of resource? Of course you can use it as a first resort, but very soon people will get fed with replying to your questions if they can be answered in the manual, archives etc. > Do you own it, do you manage or moderate it in any way? No, what gave you that impression? > If so, then perhaps you > should write an FAQ that is presented with the welcome to the list email > that states all the obvious answers, if not, then leave the moderation to > those who's job it is. The problem is not lack of information, the problem is that people don't read. Case in point: a few days ago someone asked whether there was a FAQ section on www.php.net. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * ------------------------------------------ Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general ------------------------------------------ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
