Re: Sybrand Bakker

• Original Message ----- From: "Michael G. Schneider" <mgs_at_mgs-software.de> Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 1:10 PM Subject: Re: Sybrand Bakker

> "Norman Dunbar" <Norman.Dunbar_at_lfs.co.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:E2F6A70FE45242488C865C3BC1245DA72714EA_at_lnewton.leeds.lfs.co.uk...
>
> > He answers a whole load of queries on this NG, sometimes over and over
> > and over again - because people don't seem to want to check out the
> > archives, first - understandable when in a fix, but ...
>
> How about simply ignoring those questions? There is no need to jump on
each
> and every question and get offending, if you can't stand it.
>
> Michael G. Schneider

I agree.

Realistically, nobody can stop a newbie from being lazy and whip his questions right away without doing his own research. I know this is frustrating for some people who hate to repeat an answer but you can't forever say "This question has been answered many times already." If you do, you will spend a great deal of your time, writing that statement over and over to every newcomer who asks without looking at the archives. That's what Sybrand is doing and he is wasting his own time by acting like a policeman of this NG who scolds every newcomer who violates the so-called rules. It is a totally futile effort on his part.

I believe the NG serves a dual purpose of being a venue for raising questions and the unobvious but great purpose of being a venue for anybody to become a teacher or a mentor. Being a teacher or mentor is a fulfilling thing to a lot of people. I can't remember the exact words but there is a dictum that says, one can only consider himself a truly learned person if he can teach what he knows.

So if one is tired of repeating himself when somebody is asking about a topic that has been answered in the past, he simply does not have to answer and let somebody else do the task of being mentor or a teacher this time.

Roel Received on Tue Oct 30 2001 - 00:16:09 CST