[ale] I am so tired of Linux Fanatics

[Michael Potter]

I think it would be helpful if newbies had templates on which to base their
questions.
Perhaps something like this:

Hi,

I am trying to XXXX, but not having any luck.

I am getting this error message/unexpected behavior when I YYYYYY.
"Some error message or unexpected behavior message here"

I have search for an answer using these terms on google and have not found
an answer:
x, y, z.

Could someone point me to the right documentation or alternative google
terms that might help me?

Thanks,
-- 
Norman Newbie

We could probably come up with a dozen templates


I also would find it helpful if the knowledgable people would not answer
questions in the thread, but point the OP to the documentation that answers
the question.  That way there are more pointers to the documentation and the
next noob will find the doc before posting.

-- 
Michael Potter

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Brian Pitts <brian at polibyte.com> wrote:

> On 07/07/2010 05:20 PM, Larry Johnson wrote:
>
> >
> > The first question ANYONE should ask of themselves when answering a
> question
> > from a newbie is not "Did they jump through the proper hoops?", but "Can
> I
> > advance the interest of things important to me by being patient with this
> > freakin' question?".
>
> Hear, hear!
>
> --
> All the best,
> Brian Pitts
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