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I think the point being made is that one can respond to such a request by
politely saying "We recently discussed that. You should check the CE-L
archives." As opposed to "Sheesh! We just talked about that! Why don't you
morons search the archives before you post! <grumble>"
Newbies to the list may not be aware of the presence of the archive. Getting
bitchy isn't going to help them learn about it.
My $.02 Cdn
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Elizabeth Ross
Senior Technical Writer, V3 Semiconductor Corp.
mailto: beth -at- vcubed -dot- com http://www.vcubed.com
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum.
> From: "Herman Holtz" <h -dot- holtz -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net>
> Reply-To: "Herman Holtz" <h -dot- holtz -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net>
> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 07:59:13 -0500
> To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
> Subject: Re: ADMIN: FYI
>
> From: <Robert -dot- Partridge -at- MONDEX -dot- com>
>> The point was that newbie type posts are generally not opinions, or
>> "requests for praise", but queries for help. There is no call for posters
> to
>> be blasted just because they happen to make the same query as was made a
>
> I would not flame anyone for turning to the list for answers they were
> unable to find elsewhere, but I think we serve the new writer much better by
> pressing him oir her to learn to do basic research for themselves,
> especially when they are already online in the midst of research facilities.
> What kind of writer will one be without research skills and acceptance of
> its need as one of the most basic requirements of writing?
> Students lost something when pocket calculators replaced slide rules in
> the classroom. but even there, do not many teachers restrict the use of
> calculators as devices that inhibit certain kinds of learning? Is this an
> analogous situation?
> Frankly, if one must be silent or agree with everything another says on
> a list such as this, what's the point of spending time reading it? - Herm
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