And this all comes down to the fact that we need a sort of 'waiting period' to remove those seeking the fast answer from those seeking enlightenment. New users should not be able to post for a day or so, AM root-level posts should not appear on site for a day or so, both facts made painfully away to said user prior to posting their question (I'd really hate to say it, but <font size=7><b><blink> might be necessary for this.) If they realize they won't get a fast answer, they either won't post, or will seek it out themselves.

The other thing we could do, and this would take a lot more work but it might help to reduce this 'noise' would be to have an intelligent agent that can pull out keywords from a question and then provide a possible list of links to not only the perl docs and modules, but to the Q&A and Tutorials here and any other reference (much how Office does it since 97). If they can see their question has been answered already, then they might avoid submitting it.

Dr. Michael K. Neylon - mneylon-pm@masemware.com || "You've left the lens cap of your mind on again, Pinky" - The Brain

In reply to Re: (crazyinsomniac) Re: Don't just provide a module name by Masem
in thread Don't just provide a module name by gryphon

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