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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
Snidely saying another poster needs to use the search function or read the manual is not an inclusive approach.
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Folks,
Along with paying attention to LL's advice, let's not go overboard and label any/all short simple replies that tell people to search first, or to read the manual as "snide". I wouldn't want anyone to take away from LL's post that all replies of that ilk are automatically snide.
Searching (multiple places, including the manuals) before wasting others' time is a valuable STEM skill people need to use.
Wasting the time of a large number of readers, plus distracting the few who reply from topics containing non-trivial questions, is definitely rude.
Posters who rudely do make the mistake of assuming CD is a replacement for doing their own fundamental preparation before they interject, do need to be steered (with civility) onto a better path. That better path will accelerate converting their STEM inspiration into STEM results.
While I realize that this form of rudeness is often the result of bad habits picked up elsewhere, and is (IMO) almost never a form of intentional selfishness, that doesn't mean it isn't both rude, and worthy of feedback/corection.
Blake