Timeline for Why is there no "noob land"?
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| Feb 17, 2013 at 12:30 | history | edited | Ramy Al Zuhouri | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 13, 2013 at 20:41 | comment | added | fbueckert | @Griffin Everyone's a beginner at something or other. Take a look at one of my Sharepoint questions. The answer was, I was misunderstanding how something worked. Not understanding something doesn't get you downvotes; it's the lack of effort or clarity when you ask your question that attracts them. My question goes, "This is my problem. Here's how I understand it, and here's how I tested it. They don't match. What am I missing?". Showing effort and research is a basic requirement of the SE network. It's why it's better. | |
| Feb 13, 2013 at 18:34 | comment | added | Jon Skeet | @Griffin: If that's the case, that's a problem - and I dare say that happens sometimes. What I see happening much more frequently is people complaining that SO is "elitist" when they've asked a simple question badly, and they assume it's the simplicity of the question which has earned them the downvote, when it's actually because they didn't put any visible effort into asking a good question. That's why I compiled tinyurl.com/so-hints and tinyurl.com/so-list. It's entirely possible to be new to a topic and still ask a good question, if you put in the effort. | |
| S Feb 13, 2013 at 18:15 | history | edited | Lance Roberts | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| S Feb 13, 2013 at 18:15 | history | suggested | Griffin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 13, 2013 at 18:08 | comment | added | Griffin | I believe you are right. Like I said however some people can be staring at the answer and not know it is the answer. If something is a duplicate feel free to close it because there is no reason for it. There are simple questions however that are not replied to positively simply because they are simple. This is where the problem lies. | |
| Feb 13, 2013 at 18:02 | history | answered | Ramy Al Zuhouri | CC BY-SA 3.0 |