asterisk users - Mar 2005 - [OT] - Why should I answer a Newbie questio n, therethick!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ronald Wiplinger [mailto:ronald@elmit.com]
> Sometimes it is not the "if" you make a search, often is for 
> new comers 
> "what" to aks for.
> If you do not know the specific term, than you need to ask somewhere, 
> and I think the list is good for that.
Sure.  So say, "I tried a Googling for X, but I didn't have any luck. 
Then
I looked at pages X and Y in the Wiki, but couldn't find anything that
related to my problem."  People are a lot more sympathetic if you
demonstrate you've made some effort to find the answer on your own.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Brodbeck" <DavidB@mail.interclean.com>
> Sure.  So say, "I tried a Googling for X, but I didn't have any
luck.
> Then
> I looked at pages X and Y in the Wiki, but couldn't find anything that
> related to my problem."  People are a lot more sympathetic if you
> demonstrate you've made some effort to find the answer on your own.
True, but sometimes a newbie doesn't know that people are looking for this, 
they're new to how lists work as well.  So why not answer the question, 
nicely, and then say 'BTW, some people will be more symathetic if you 
research... yada yada...'  The key thing being the term 'nicely'. 
Some
people don't realize just how agressive their blunt approach can come across
to a newbie...

Paul