in reply to On How To Answer

There are nearly as many approaches to composing a reply as there are perlmonks. timtowtdi, etc.

This is a community and I think it's most useful in seeing the diversity of your fellow monks' approaches to answering SoPW questions or contributing code they may think is useful. I really think the most rewarding approach is to use the site, really use it: dig through the snippets, tutorials, cufp, and code sections. Upvote what you find useful, if rating means something to you. Read through the SoPW sections. Try to answer some; if someone actually teaches the seeker (or the seeker actually learns something) - it's worthy of an upvote IMO.

I keep a list nodes I find valuable, but I doubt they'd have much significance to you. We're all at different points in our journeys with perl and programming.

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Re^2: On How To Answer
by shmem (Chancellor) on Jun 24, 2006 at 10:19 UTC
    jpeg++, I second all you say. But you get this by experience.

    Being an experienced monk you don't need the FAQ any more, except for What shortcuts can I use for linking to other information? and such.

    And you will need an how to answer as little as How do I post a question effectively?. This one is meant for beginners. Not having it is like saying "post along. We will not tell you if we will blame you for it for obvious reasons", which is arguably a good approach. Or not.

    cheers,
    --shmem 

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