Please ensure your reply is still relevant and timely.
Firstly IMO, the word "relevant" is misleading and vague in this context.
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Taking this thread as an example, the necro poster here seems to have deliberately posted a detailed question as a response to "I might be doing a How-To. Anyone interested?". If the newcomers could know that the version difference could cause errors, they simply wouldn't have asked the question in the first place! That old thread talks about Sun One, so does the necro poster. Neither has been mentioned anywhere that asking follow up questions in a thread is considered non-relevant! How about rewording the above quote to: Quote:
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But then again, everyone has a different learning curve. Just my :twocents: |
newcomers + online fora = no practical way to regulate behavior
To be sure, I am among those who are frustrated and annoyed by the behavior of newcomers. I simply don't see any practical solutions. My current pet peeve is the "One post, never to be seen again, dilettante". It seems that we hear from one of these at least once per day. Do we need a rule to stop them? Would it work? On topic: wrt old threads---didn't we have some traffic lately about simply closing them? |
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