Timeline for Should someone post an answer when all they did was Google Fu?
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| May 30, 2014 at 16:53 | comment | added | George | If you do feel really bad about it, just use community wiki... | |
| Feb 18, 2014 at 19:01 | comment | added | MDMoore313 | @EvanAnderson I must say I do the exact same thing. | |
| Feb 18, 2014 at 0:35 | comment | added | Evan Anderson | My rep would be crap if I couldn't just fake practical knowledge of a subject by Googling. I can't find the question right now to cite it, but I shamefully recall finding some search results on an obscure vertical market program that I knew nothing about a few years ago, posting it w/ my usual "lemme explain this" tone, and having the OP come back and say "Finally, somebody who knows about xxx posted." I didn't feel so shameful as to mark it "Community Wiki", though... >smile< | |
| Feb 15, 2014 at 17:15 | comment | added | Katherine Villyard | I do it, too. I suspect my google-fu is more powerful than many people posting questions, because I have a library degree (no lie, I was poached), so I don't hold it against the OP if I find something and they don't. | |
| Feb 15, 2014 at 10:38 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/ServerFault/status/434637749426343936 | ||
| Feb 15, 2014 at 2:24 | answer | added | jeff | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 15, 2014 at 0:49 | vote | accept | MDMoore313 | ||
| Feb 15, 2014 at 0:10 | answer | added | Jason C | timeline score: 11 | |
| Feb 14, 2014 at 22:02 | comment | added | MDMoore313 | @Zoredache good point. From my limited knowledge came the proper search terms, and I've also needed proper search terms from others when asking questions. | |
| Feb 14, 2014 at 22:01 | comment | added | Zoredache | Some people don't know the right terminology or jargon to perform a valid search that returns results useful to their question/problem. Pointing them in the right direction can be very helpful. Include links ideally, and the search terms you used if you think the person doesn't know what to search for. | |
| Feb 14, 2014 at 22:00 | comment | added | TheCleaner | IMO, if you do this as straight cut/paste, it is proper to give credit/citation to the site/author you got it from. If it is you researching the topic to validate what you were already thinking, maybe not. | |
| Feb 14, 2014 at 21:31 | answer | added | Rob Moir | timeline score: 35 | |
| Feb 14, 2014 at 21:24 | comment | added | ewwhite | Yep. It's not a bad thing. | |
| Feb 14, 2014 at 21:23 | comment | added | Michael Hampton Mod | I do this all the time. Go right ahead. | |
| Feb 14, 2014 at 21:22 | answer | added | HopelessN00b | timeline score: 13 | |
| Feb 14, 2014 at 21:19 | history | asked | MDMoore313 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |