Advising how to ask a question

Re: Re: scanning a text file and deleting lines that are double and Re: deleting special lines from files:

Will the AM who is (assuming there's just one AM involved) replying with just a link to How (Not) To Ask A Question please take the time to comment on which part of the advice there they are particularly wanting to highlight? Otherwise, it's just a waste of everyone's time.

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Re: Advising how to ask a question by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 04, 2004 at 20:25 UTC
I can only assume it's because the OP didn't contain a solution attempt? I think the OPs were acceptable in these cases because they were "atomic" problems, where you either had a solution or you didn't. They didn't know where to start. Even if the AM was right, a post consisting of a lone link is the worse of them all. It's very hypocritical (and rude) of someone purporting to point out the OP's lack of effort! (I'm not either AMs.)	[reply]

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Re: Advising how to ask a question
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 04, 2004 at 20:25 UTC

I can only assume it's because the OP didn't contain a solution attempt? I think the OPs were acceptable in these cases because they were "atomic" problems, where you either had a solution or you didn't. They didn't know where to start.

Even if the AM was right, a post consisting of a lone link is the worse of them all. It's very hypocritical (and rude) of someone purporting to point out the OP's lack of effort!

(I'm not either AMs.)

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