Masem, it's pretty simple, in my mind. First, I think that if you are planning on posting an OT SoPW (this is the safest place, since all other sections are very specific), then you should label it as such. In the past, I have asked a couple of questions that were OT, and by posting them, I kept my second point in mind. That is, you have already shown that you knowingly posted an OT question (by title, and this PMD), so you have already shown that you are ready to accept the consequences.

Oddly enough, the range of consequences is quite large. Your post could languish in Worst Nodes. It could be widely ignored. It could be answered by a helpful monk. It could generate an onslaught of angry reply nodes. That's just the tip of the iceberg. But, if you watch carefully, OT posts can and have been answered quietly without much of a fracas ensuing, as long as the OT posts remain the exception in the SoPW Newest Nodes.

I am kind of curious where 90% comes from. To me, that number seems arbitrarily based on what you find interesting. I could likewise prove that 90% of what is discussed here is obfu, golf, and poetry (especially if I ignored duplicate questions over the entire history of PM). Anyway, that's of no real concern, just a little ponderance.

So the answer boils down to: posting a purely SQL question would be considered possibly dangerous to your rep. and XP. Do you care more about those numbers than possibly finding an answer to your question is the determining factor of whether you should post. Your peers will determine if the question will be relegated to Hell.

ALL HAIL BRAK!!!

In reply to Re: SQuirreL Monks by PsychoSpunk
in thread SQuirreL Monks by Masem

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