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On 2007-04-09 15:39:28, masseur wrote:
but the flaw in that philiosophy is that one (us) has to assume that one (the noobie) will read one's (the poster's) post in order to obtain one's (the poster's) knowledge to do what one (the poster) is suggesting!
They have to read one's post if they want one's answer to their question.
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[ This Message was edited by: scotsboyuk on 2007-04-09 15:23 ]
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Posted: 2007-04-09 16:22:30
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lol, yes, but as you previously said, they have to know to read (or search) in order to find such posts to get such info, and thats where it all falls down to human nature when they simply want to get their question answered
many non forum literate types simply post their question assuming thats how they get their answer
there is no way in this world, despite being given hints and rules of the forum during signup, that we can make people do these things that forum etiqutte requires of them, and to be harsh on them in their first posts is not really the answer
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Posted: 2007-04-09 16:33:36
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On 2007-04-09 16:33:36, masseur wrote:
lol, yes, but as you previously said, they have to know to read (or search) in order to find such posts to get such info, and thats where it all falls down to human nature when they simply want to get their question answered
I'm not sure you quite get what I mean. If someone asks a question that has been asked umpteen times before, once can simply answer it for them, and provide advice on how to obtain such information in the future. It may do bugger all good of course, but some may take notice.
many non forum literate types simply post their question assuming thats how they get their answer
there is no way in this world, despite being given hints and rules of the forum during signup, that we can make people do these things that forum etiqutte requires of them, and to be harsh on them in their first posts is not really the answer
Indeed, there are some people who just pop on a forum once to ask a question and perhaps don't understand the etiquette of a particular forum. As you say there is little point in barking at them, it probably won't stop the next n00b from doing the exact same thing, and may result in the person being put off visiting again.
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Posted: 2007-04-09 16:48:32
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On 2007-04-04 14:27:33, masseur wrote:
is there an option to search for text included in the topic title only - instead of actual posts? if there is then i cant see it and if there isn't then maybe there should be?
I recently requested this of laffen so fingers crossed that we'll see it soon
@masseur, while we're still talking about the search function, I'd like to know if it's possible to implement a search function that only searches within a thread. This would be useful for those really long threads that span tens or hundreds of pages. Please correct me if there's already such a function.
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Posted: 2007-04-10 20:15:45
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I'm not aware of what you have suggested but...
as a work around for now, you can bookmark the thread and then in the search tick the "bookmarks only" box and change the "view results as" to "posts"
this works best, of course, with the fewer bookmarks you have but will still yield better results than searching a whole forum
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Posted: 2007-04-10 20:20:05
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Yup, I've been doing that actually, but it just occurred to me that it may actually be a good idea to have such a search function. Thanks for the tip anyway, masseur. I hope it helps the others who weren't aware they could do that.
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Posted: 2007-04-10 22:06:02
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