I agree completely with Angie and Jon. It is important to create an atmosphere where it is safe for beginners to ask questions. It would be a great loss to the user community if less experienced users felt intimidated and even bullied when they asked for help. I would rather have an open list where an occasional user made a questionable request (that can be ignored) than one in which many sensible requests for help went unanswered.
Best,
Steve Brand
www.StatisticsDoc.com
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Angie Carrico
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 9:04 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: Tips on Posting questions to the SPSS list.
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:
<snip>
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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