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There's nothing wrong with giving additional advice in general, but your approach could be better. I mean, look at this thread -- did the "yes you can use use CPAN" threads add any real value? Or help answer the actual question? No, they didn't. Worse, the OP was bombarded with what are essentially off-topic questions. A better approach is to ask if policy prevents the use of CPAN modules first. In this case, the answer would have been yes and that would have been the end of the "use CPAN" threads.

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Re^7: Sharepoint Automation?
by moritz (Cardinal) on Sep 17, 2010 at 07:11 UTC
    did the "yes you can use use CPAN" threads add any real value? Or help answer the actual question? No, they didn't.

    I'm curious, how do you know that it did not add any value, for anybody reading the thread?

    For me, perlmonks is not just about answering questions, but about teaching people who want to learn about Perl.

    Worse, the OP was bombarded with what are essentially off-topic questions.

    I don't consider questions that might lead to a solution (through modules) off-topic. But this discussion certainly is, so I will discontinue it after this node.

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