I think it would be helpful if newbies had templates on which to base their questions.<div>Perhaps something like this:</div><div><br></div><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>I am trying to XXXX, but not having any luck.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I am getting this error message/unexpected behavior when I YYYYYY.</div><div>"Some error message or unexpected behavior message here"</div><div><br></div><div>I have search for an answer using these terms on google and have not found an answer:</div>
<div>x, y, z.</div><div><br></div><div>Could someone point me to the right documentation or alternative google terms that might help me?</div><div><br>Thanks,</div><div>-- </div><div>Norman Newbie <br><br></div><div>We could probably come up with a dozen templates </div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I also would find it helpful if the knowledgable people would not answer questions in the thread, but point the OP to the documentation that answers the question. That way there are more pointers to the documentation and the next noob will find the doc before posting.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>Michael Potter</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Brian Pitts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian@polibyte.com">brian@polibyte.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">On 07/07/2010 05:20 PM, Larry Johnson wrote:<br>
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> The first question ANYONE should ask of themselves when answering a question<br>
> from a newbie is not "Did they jump through the proper hoops?", but "Can I<br>
> advance the interest of things important to me by being patient with this<br>
> freakin' question?".<br>
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Hear, hear!<br>
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--<br>
All the best,<br>
<font color="#888888">Brian Pitts<br>
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