Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 00:14
Mainey said,
Remember, when a newbie asks (stupid) questions they normally do NOT have any idea at all about the subject anyway, they are total novices, that is why they ask dubious questions, and they often get 'told' to go look in the archives, problem is they don't know what to look for, so they have to ask questions.
These often simple questions are second nature to most, if not all regular members and visitors alike, however the newbie's are often denigrated to some extent for their own inability to understand the answers to their question that they often really don't understand anyway.
Remember, they as newbie's are not as experienced or knowledgeable as you are in your own field.
We should make them feel welcome and allow them to become a useful resource, as they may have the knowledge you or I may require at some time in the future.
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Mainey you summed it up very well. This is one of the problems the
Forum has and it make some people afraid to ask. In addition, I have found that often the
Search function does not work well and only yesterday it refused to produce a response to a query on "Simpson" even though I know there are a lot of items containing that word.
If there was an improvement that David should make in my opinion it should be an advanced
search function for the
forum to ensure a new used can find something easily.
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