On Feb 12, 3:56 am, Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Members:
>
> - This is a big one. Please try to understand that CakePHP is very
> intimidating to novices and sometimes people need *exact* examples.
> Not "hunt through this post with 12 different replies and try to pluck out
> something that may work for you"
> - Along the lines of the above point, try to differentiate when you're
> pointing to an *exact* solution and *reference *material. Then the
> person knows what to expect.
> - Try to understand that you guys live and breath this thing. Some
> things just aren't clear to some people. It took me months before I could
> figure out 1/4 of the stuff that the $options array does in the $form
> helper
> by reading through the api.
> - Try to be patient. I know it comes easy to you, but people wouldn't
> be asking if the answer was obvious.
> - Try to understand a novice's question first before pointing them to
> some general solution.
> - Sometimes an explanation is worth a lot more than a link to an old
> thread/post/etc. Code isn't as clear to others as it is to you.
> - Try not to look down on the ignorant. You, of all people, should
> appreciate the complexities of CakePHP.
>
> I must say that I've been guilty of all of the above on some occasion or the
> other.
>
> Before you ask/answer a question, try to look at it from the other person's
> perspective before you hit the send button.
+1
> Question: Why don't we have a rules and regulations text (one the homepage
> of the group perhaps?) that states policies on question asking such as
> researching, reading, duplicates, etc?
Wiki would be ideal to setup knowledge base (someone could flame
on me:-))
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