Re: Tips on Posting questions to the SPSS list.

Posted by Angie Carrico on Sep 12, 2012; 1:04pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Tips-on-Posting-questions-to-the-SPSS-list-tp5715038p5715043.html

My (hardly ever posting) 2 cents.  I have been a reader of this listserv for well over a year.  I personally would think long and hard before posting a question here for fear of doing it "wrong." I have, in fact, searched for more forgiving avenues for those of us who are less skilled.  But the fact remains that there are some great experts here and I haven't found an alternative.

 

I am with Jon (I think that is who said it): If you don't like how the person phrases the question - don't answer. 

 

I will now return to my silent observation...

 

 

On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 3:34 AM, Albert-Jan Roskam <[hidden email]> wrote:

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These are the R guidelines: http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html. But having mentioned these, R is good example of a list where "bashing" is quite common *). Guidelines are a means, not a goal in themselves. It's useful to have a conscise problem description, with a self-contained example. But esp. for novice users this is easier said than done. I agree with the technical guidelines to avoid html messages and also, to avoid top posting. Bottom posting makes the archive a lot easier to read.

Albert-Jan

*) This is not to say that many, if not the majority of the people on that list are helpful.

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