I would like to suggest a serious poll: do you answer questions by anonymous monks?

Because me, for one, my feeling is this person may never return.

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(kudra: lack of site participation isn't related to being anon) RE: Where does one make poll suggestions?
by kudra (Vicar) on Aug 23, 2000 at 09:48 UTC
    Anon monk can be used by someone who--for whatever reason--wants to get a feel for the monastery before creating a login. Whether that person concludes that this is a nice place and creates a (character? account?) or goes away will depend on what s/he thinks of the monastery; her/his impressions of the monastery will come from the only available source: personal experiences as an anon monk.

    Of course some people will only show up when they have questions they want answers to, but the same is true for some named people. If it is clear that the person only comes here to use us as a helpdesk ("email me because I can't check here" is a giveaway), then, if the question is very specific to the person, I probably won't answer it. If the person participates in the monastery (and I don't consider participation or lack of it to be in the moniker) or doesn't participate but the question will be of interest to others, I see no reason not to treat it as I would any other 'good' question.

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RE: Where does one make poll suggestions?
by turnstep (Parson) on Aug 22, 2000 at 21:01 UTC

    I don't know about a poll, but I always answer questions by anonymous monks. If they do not return, others may learn from the question and replies other than the original poster.

    To be even more precise, whether or not I answer a question is completely independent of who made the post. The quality of the question is the most important factor. (the other factors being: a- *can* I answer it and b- has someone else already given a good answer that mine would add nothing new to.)

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