[Scott Kozutsky]

One thing that IMO needs to be improved is the search itself on chief delphi. There is SO MUCH information that is already available here that's basically impossible for peoples with little experience on the site to access. The search is obtuse to use, the link to it is in a weird part of the page (nearly every other forum I've been on has a searchbar in the sidebar, if you don't know it's there you can easily overlook it) and even if you find and use it reasonably well it's still pretty unlikely to be that helpful. It doesn't help that there are differing opinions on various topics. The FAQ could also use an update/streamline.

Don't be too critical of peoples who can't find what they're looking for.

IMO lazy questions shouldn't have much effort put into answering them. Be relatively courteous but make sure that laziness isn't encouraged, point peoples to where they can find the info, don't just give it to them. I don't agree with the idea that we should be entirely professional. If peoples don't spend the effort to be professional with us I don't think they deserve it from us either.

A reminder: "Giving negative reputation because you don't agree with what was said is not an appropriate use of the reputation system." quoted from the FAQ.

Every forum I've been on has that policy and also has peoples who forget it (myself included). IMO, Lil' Lavery should not have red dotted foster for this reason (he's definitely not the only one).