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Re: [LUG] Experts vs Open to All

 

On 28/07/13 18:02, Henry Bremridge wrote:
> Sorry email went too soon
>
> On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 05:59:37PM +0100, Henry Bremridge wrote:
>> For what its worth, I have been emailed and I extract from his emails
>>
>> "highlighted that the lug is elitist"
>>
>> "They will be put off and leave with a very negative reaction to the
>> community"
>>
>
> There are whole mailing lists that I delete unread, there are also
> aspects that I learn from. Occasionally like now I am prepared to
> contribute.
>
> I would hope that the experts use this list: I found the recent
> discussions on batteries of great help
>
> I hope newbies who come across it will feel encouraged to ask questions.
>
> Yes they can - and perhaps should - google answers but if they join
> and eventually learn to contribute the community can grow
>
>

Well, for what it's worth I've been pondering on this, and have
retrospectively decided I was wrong.

Whilst I'm highly opinionated I'm also luckily smart enough (it's the
scientific mindset I think) to prefer being right over consistent - I
despise people who refuse to acknowledge mistakes and cling to their
original opinion no matter what.

So, after some due reflection, considering how impossible it is to
accurately draw a line between 'idiotic simplistic question that should
never have been asked' and 'incredibly simplistic question honestly
asked by the inexperienced' I have come to the conclusion that I need to
change my mind. I'm not egotistical enough to believe I don't make
mistakes, and that was one of them.

I'm still firmly of the opinion that people owe it to themselves to do
due diligence though - it's not hard to google things before asking for
help, the worst that can happen is it confuses you more, in which case
it is worth mentioning that you've at least tried. Kind of like going to
a foreign country and at least trying your inept linguistic skills on
the natives - they'll laugh at you before replying in decent English,
but they'll appreciate the effort, no matter how hapless it is. My
moderate French and terrible Japanese are a case in point.

Right, next n00b question that comes in is all mine I guess.

Regards

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