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Report, edit, etc...Posted by LegacyWeapon on 2006-02-07 at 18:27:30

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Dear mods,
I was wondering whether we have a policy on what we should do about well-meaning newbs who don't really know what they're talking about. I think that it's a bit of a problem, because they often cause unnecessary confusion when they act like they know what they're talking about, but actually don't...

I didn't want to publicly say anything to cause an argument, and I don't really want these people to be punished, since I think they mean well; but I did want to know what could be done about it, and I do find it frustrating - so I decided to report an example.

Maybe you could get back to me via PM please? Thanks for your attention.
- in_a_biskit

I think we should just delete the posts that don't help answer the question.

And make a Sticky saying that "If you are not sure about your solution to solve the problem, please do not post."

Report, edit, etc...Posted by MillenniumArmy on 2006-02-08 at 00:57:01

Making stickies would be useless IMO; most of those people never read those things.

And deleting posts is probably a good idea, especially if the people are trying to be as verbose as possible just so that they can get minerals or post counts.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Rantent on 2006-02-08 at 02:43:14

Good old in_a_bisket

It sounds reasonable, except in cases where the problem has not been researched by anyone, and where one persons guess is as good as anothers.

I would say only do it for posts which are irrelevant to the question or if we are certain (perhaps tutorial-wise, just to back up the claim) that they are incorrect.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by LegacyWeapon on 2006-02-08 at 06:26:36

Okay, so I'll delete pretty useless posts and keep the unresearched debate posts.

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