> But Anders, you didn't really help him any did you? One of the best > ways to earn the respect of an Open Source community is to help new > users. I understand you were helping people in IRC. Excellent. I also > see many new users questions going unanswered on this list, so your help > would be appreciated there. *Don't* answer, if you don't know the > answer, or at least quantify it with something like "Try this, it might > work".
I was making sure I understood the question before answering. This is what you normally do when the question doesn't really make any sense. If you make wild guesses as to what the person actually means without asking the "answers" you give can be totally off and actually hurt the person. God knows that shit happens on irc a lot when newbies try to help other newbies. You do not need to bite my head off because I tried to clarify the situation before helping as to avoid miscommunications. // Anders Hovmöller ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en _______________________________________________ Opensymphony-webwork mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork
