While we're on the topic of advocacy, I'd like to briefly mention the
RTFM reflex.
Most of the people working on these projects are *working*. They have
no time to coddle stupid questions from newbies who didn't *bother* to
RTFM. I do understand that, and I sympathize.
But if we're talking
But if we're talking advocacy, I must point out that as a newbie, my
biggest problem was finding out where to look to *find* the manual.
Also, when I was trying to get this system working ~now~, (the
"out-of-the-box" problem we keep seeing), it was frequently important
that I get answers
Agreed, one and all. I only meant to stress being polite when you ask
people not to post off-topic without notice -- unless they *KEEP* doing
it There are some who require rudeness, sadly enough.
I just meant that if you're going to bother to respond, let the person
know what they did
