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by Adam Akhtar-2 :: Rate this Message:

Just a few more comments and nitpicks, in the hope of keeping this
thread as useful as possible...

Älphä Blüë wrote:
[...]
>
> There are numerous SMEs that assist with answering questions by the
> minute and it would do well to thank them and be appreciative of their
> help.

Indeed. (I think Frederick Cheung may very well be superhuman...)

>
> However, how do you communicate your topic and readily obtain answers
> from different SMEs?
>
> ======================
> **-------**: Rule One:
> ======================
>
> Make certain that your topic is descriptive enough to highlight your
> issue. Having trouble with queries or models - simply say so.
>
> Example of a bad topic thread:
>
> "I'm having trouble, please help"
>
> -- this doesn't describe anything and your topic might be avoided.
>
> Example of a good topic thread:
>
> "Need assistance with model/query issue"

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I recently saw a subject line that was
something like "Rails problem" -- which, when you think about it,
probably describes 2/3 of the posts on this list, so it's not terribly
helpful. :)

I *do* think that your "good" subject could be made even a bit more
specific, but it's a great place to start.

[...]
> ==================================================
> Channels and Communication Forums / MIRC:

The chat medium is called IRC. mIRC is the name of one client program.

[...]
> If you need help with IRC chat and you need some code looked at, make
> sure you go to Pastie.org before asking for help:
>
> http://pastie.org/

Great idea -- although Gist ( http://gist.github.com ) might be even
better than Pastie.

Again, thanks for taking the time to write all this!

Best,
--
Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
marnen@...
--
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