I think questions like this should simply be closed as too localized, with a link to the faq left in a comment, plain and simple. It's not realistic to expect the Stack Overflow community to hold these developers' hands, teach them how to use the debugger, how to ask a proper question, etc.

Given the volume of questions that comes into SO everyday, I think it's the user's responsibility to learn to be a good questioner, and face an account suspension if he fails to do so. I know that seems mean, but I think we need to focus on keeping the signal to noise ration high, not spoon-feeding every novice developer who happens to also be lazy.

tl;dr

Close the question, and provide the user a link to the faq.

I think questions like this should simply be closed as too localized, with a link to the faq left in a comment, plain and simple. It's not realistic to expect the Stack Overflow community to hold these developers' hands, teach them how to use the debugger, how to ask a proper question, etc.

Given the volume of questions that comes into SO everyday, I think it's the user's responsibility to learn to be a good questioner, and face an account suspension if he fails to do so. I know that seems mean, but I think we need to focus on keeping the signal to noise ration high, not spoon-feeding every novice developer who happens to also be lazy.

tl;dr

Close the question, and provide the user a link to the faq.

I think questions like this should simply be closed as too localized, plain and simple. It's not realistic to expect the Stack Overflow community to hold these developers' hands, teach them how to use the debugger, how to ask a proper question, etc.

Given the volume of questions that comes into SO everyday, I think it's the user's responsibility to learn to be a good questioner, and face an account suspension if he fails to do so. I know that seems mean, but I think we need to focus on keeping the signal to noise ration high, not spoon-feeding every novice developer who happens to also be lazy.

tl;dr

Close the question, and provide the user a link to the faq.

I think questions like this should simply be closed as too localized, with a link to the faq left in a comment, plain and simple. It's not realistic to expect the Stack Overflow community to hold these developers' hands, teach them how to use the debugger, how to ask a proper question, etc.

Given the volume of questions that comes into SO everyday, I think it's the user's responsibility to learn to be a good questioner, and face an account suspension if he fails to do so. I know that seems mean, but I think we need to focus on keeping the signal to noise ration high, not spoon-feeding every novice developer who happens to also be lazy.

tl;dr

Close the question, and provide the user a link to the faq.