Really? Just the question? In that case, I guess we need a separate box for the OP's perl code, and a separate box for where the OP discusses the background of her problem, etc. I'm not saying that we shouldn't perhaps do something more to encourage SoPW posters to think more about their problem, or maybe even do more work before posting. But adding a separate input textarea is not the solution. And in any case, I really don't see this happening because it would entail a radical change to the site infrastructure (to wit, the addition of a field to a database table).

Only I am trying to discuss is ways of:

  1. Encouraging people to think before pressing submit.
  2. Discouraging people (even better anonymous people) from replying to weak questions with unhelpful RTFM.
I am not saying that the underlying database be changed. I am just saying that the form could be changed to force a little thought. If that extra hurdle is a text or drop-down box the input would just be merged into the main text with suitable formatting.

In reply to Re^7: Special place for RTFM posts by SilasTheMonk
in thread Special place for RTFM posts by SilasTheMonk

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