From: whs on 28 Jan 2010 17:02 'Steve Jain [MVP Wrote: > ;1221557']On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:14:25 -0600, whs > <guest(a)newsgroup-email.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >No idea from where these posts are being fed. But I noticed that they > > >are extremely formal about posting on the *right *forum. All they do > > is > > >tell the person to post somewhere else instead of helping them. Funny > > >behavior. Must be very frustrating for an inexperienced OP. > > > > Isn't that the point of having more than 1 newsgroup? You have > separate groups for specialized knowledge and help. > > -- > Cheers, > Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP > 'esSJae.com Virtual Machine Downloads' (http://vpc.essjae.com/) > 'esSJae's Virtualization (&stuff) Blog' > (http://smudj.wordpress.com/) In principle you are right Steve. But I see a lot of postings coming from your forum where people are just advised about being on the wrong forum instead of being helped. That must be quite frustrating for an inexperienced forum OP who has enough troubles already. If you guys are so picky about posting on the exact forum, why don't the mods just move the posting and advise the OP accordingly - but playing wise guy does not really help - I think. On our forum (Windows Vista Forum) we are a lot more relaxed in that regard. -- whs
From: Robert Comer on 28 Jan 2010 17:14 >That must be quite frustrating for an >inexperienced forum OP who has enough troubles already. It can be, but I tell them where if I know of an appropriate place. >why don't the mods just move >the posting and advise the OP accordingly This really isn't a forum, it's a newsgroup, and posts are not easily moved, nor are there any moderators to do it. -- Bob Comer On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:02:10 -0600, whs <guest(a)unknown-email.com> wrote: > >'Steve Jain [MVP Wrote: >> ;1221557']On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:14:25 -0600, whs >> <guest(a)newsgroup-email.com> >> wrote: >> > > > >> > > >> > >No idea from where these posts are being fed. But I noticed that they >> > >are extremely formal about posting on the *right *forum. All they do >> > is >> > >tell the person to post somewhere else instead of helping them. Funny >> > >behavior. Must be very frustrating for an inexperienced OP. > > >> >> Isn't that the point of having more than 1 newsgroup? You have >> separate groups for specialized knowledge and help. >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP >> 'esSJae.com Virtual Machine Downloads' (http://vpc.essjae.com/) >> 'esSJae's Virtualization (&stuff) Blog' >> (http://smudj.wordpress.com/) > >In principle you are right Steve. But I see a lot of postings coming >from your forum where people are just advised about being on the wrong >forum instead of being helped. That must be quite frustrating for an >inexperienced forum OP who has enough troubles already. If you guys are >so picky about posting on the exact forum, why don't the mods just move >the posting and advise the OP accordingly - but playing wise guy does >not really help - I think. On our forum (Windows Vista Forum) we are a >lot more relaxed in that regard.
From: Mark Rae [MVP] on 28 Jan 2010 17:28 "whs" <guest(a)unknown-email.com> wrote in message news:743883b11cf7550462aa6127c821f4c7(a)nntp-gateway.com... > In principle you are right Steve. But I see a lot of postings coming > from your forum where people are just advised about being on the wrong > forum instead of being helped. That must be quite frustrating for an > inexperienced forum OP who has enough troubles already. I Not everyone can be an expert in everything. This group is about Microsoft's Virtual PC product - post a question in here about that, and you'll get lots of excellent responses. However, think for a minute. Why would anyone want to post a question in here which *didn't* relate to Microsoft Virtual PC? The name of the newsgroup could hardly be any clearer. > If you guys are so picky about posting on the exact forum, why don't the > mods > just move the posting and advise the OP accordingly Mods? Do you mean moderators? If so, this newsgroup, like all Microsoft's public technology newsgroups, is completely unmoderatred. - but playing wise guy does not really help - I think. Seriously? You consider that telling someone they're posting in the wrong newsgroup and advising them to post in one which is dedicated to the problem that they're having makes someone a "wise guy"...? When you post in the correct newsgroup, you will typically get far better and much quicker responses to your question. Surely advising someone to do that is being as helpful as someone who isn't an expert on the question being asked can be... > On our forum (Windows Vista Forum) we are a lot more relaxed in that > regard. Wow! You know everything in the Windows Vista Forum, do you? That's impressive! -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net
From: whs on 28 Jan 2010 18:59 > Wow! You know everything in the Windows Vista Forum, do you? That's > impressive! > Not everybody knows everything, but most everybody sees all the posts and picks up on those that he/she thinks they can answer. So as a group, we probably know quite a lot. But that aside, I can now see your predicament. If you are not working in a "managed" forum with mods and admins, I guess everybody becomes a moderator. We do have subforums too, but we are not too beastly about crossing the lines. We usually only intervene if someone highjacks a thread and recommend they start their own thread so that topics don't get mixed up. -- whs
From: Mark Rae [MVP] on 29 Jan 2010 08:52 "whs" <guest(a)unknown-email.com> wrote in message news:9471e0abbafba2b932cde0bbc9c81bac(a)nntp-gateway.com... > but we are not too beastly about crossing the lines. Nobody was beastly to the OP - quite the reverse! As stated, advising the OP to post in a more appropriate newsgroup because their question bore no relevance whatsoever to the subject matter of this newsgroup was done in the genuine hope that they would get faster and better responses to their question by asking it in a place frequented by people who are far more likely to be able to help... If you had a question, say, about C#, would you not post it in the csharp newsgroup...? -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net
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