It seems that many people's first posts here consist of very briefly expressed questions, often with a miserably small amount of description of the problem that they would like help with. Despite having spoken on this matter before (more or less) , I think this is something that may merit further attention.
As I understand it, the only requirement on such posts is that they contain more than 10 (?) characters. I wonder whether it would not be reasonable to require more than this for say the first 10 posts, or at least the very first post.
What most surprises me is that these characters don't see fit to post more than a sentence or two in the first case. We can leave aside the idiots trying to hide from their teachers: a lot of these questions seem to come from hobbyists, or people hoping to build something for their home or business.
I'm aware of being a grumpy sick old grouch, but is it really too much to expect a little more effort from folk who hope that we will help them? I enjoy trying to do this, to the limited extent that I still can, but this "20 questions" lark is doing my head in!!!
End of rant.
As I understand it, the only requirement on such posts is that they contain more than 10 (?) characters. I wonder whether it would not be reasonable to require more than this for say the first 10 posts, or at least the very first post.
What most surprises me is that these characters don't see fit to post more than a sentence or two in the first case. We can leave aside the idiots trying to hide from their teachers: a lot of these questions seem to come from hobbyists, or people hoping to build something for their home or business.
I'm aware of being a grumpy sick old grouch, but is it really too much to expect a little more effort from folk who hope that we will help them? I enjoy trying to do this, to the limited extent that I still can, but this "20 questions" lark is doing my head in!!!
End of rant.