[Revan]

Originally Posted by Chris-777

[high]* Chris-777 thinks Princeton should try the search.
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/applaud, well said.

As far as requests going ignored, one trend I've seen more lately than before (I've actually been a member here for almost 3 years, just a new S/N), is that people don't take the time to even properly format their questions.

"iwant to make vb pages work wit template wut shud i do??????"

I'm not an expert, but I've run vB sites for about 5 years and I know my way around the templates fairly well. 50% of the time, unless it's something quick, I ignore posts like that. Call me a grammar nazi, but if people can't take the time to type their requests in a way that I can read them, I'm not going to spend 10 minutes looking for an answer.

Additionally, any time I post a question (and I do, quite a bit), if I figure out a solution, I try to make a habit of going back and editing my post with the fix, so that anyone else searching will see my answer.

.2c

And a well spent .2c it is.
Theres nothing that pisses me off more than people typing in "i no u guyz no dis, LOL". Also, it's highly annoying to see a post with nothing like "Edit: fixed the problem".

People (not referring to anybody in particular) can complain all they want about coders being the bad guys (or vBGals), but I for one get a genuine smile on my face when I can see a thread that goes on like this: "Hello, Im having a problem here. I tried to do x and this error happened: y. I tried searching about but nothing turned up. Got any idea?" which ends up with me WANTING to help this user. I don't ask for $500 through Paypal nor do I want him to kiss my anuses, but I do want more than "I hvae prb. [error message solved in the FAQ .5 inches further up]."