in reply to Stupid stumpers and good questions

I am just a lowly monk here, maybe that is why i was a little annoyed at some of the posts of last week ... especially those that seemed like being posted without any effort at all on the poster's part to phrase the question properly or to apply the answers to their previous questions to their very similar new problem. So I very much admired the patience and understanding of the monks who still replied to such posts ... may be qualities a monk needs to cultivate.

However, i seriously thought that some of those questions deserved nothing more than a pointer to "How do I post a question effectively?" as a first reply, perhaps by the moderator. If they really cared to learn, they would read it and get back with the questions better phrased, or better still, would probably search and find the answer in the archives here. And if they didn't care to, they are better gone.

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Re^2: Stupid stumpers and good questions
by jdporter (Paladin) on Sep 09, 2009 at 14:08 UTC
    ...perhaps by the moderator

    We don't have a moderator. At least, not in the sense that you seem to be thinking. And there's no way for a, um, "user with power" to pin a specific reply above the others. It's all a matter of timing. We can just hope that the first person to reply to the OP says something smart and useful (such as what you suggested).

    Between the mind which plans and the hands which build, there must be a mediator... and this mediator must be the heart.