Timeline for Should someone post an answer when all they did was Google Fu?
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| Nov 9, 2016 at 16:23 | comment | added | ivan_pozdeev | When I give an answer that boils down to googling, I mention this and the phrase I was searching on so the OP learns how to get such answers themselves rather than ask people every time ("give a man a fish...") - and to subtly shame them if they already know how to do that. E.g.: "According to (page), the 1st in Google on (phrase),...". In fact, this isn't limited to googling: I describe any research involved in working out the answer if I feel the OP is likely to be unfamiliar with relevant techniques. | |
| Nov 10, 2014 at 9:28 | comment | added | AStopher | Ironically 90% of the questions I find on Stack Exchange sites I find via Google. | |
| Feb 21, 2014 at 17:00 | comment | added | NickW | Yeah, 90% of why I'm here is that spark you get when you see an interesting question.. | |
| Feb 16, 2014 at 0:35 | comment | added | ETL | Adding to that, sometimes, people don't read much and just want to be spoon fed the answer - and want "quick" answers. Sometimes there isn't a quick answer and one should study up to get a full answer. So a post that gives a summary and then a link to further reading for the OP to learn and solve his problem I feel is better than a rote answer which the OP will simply copy/paste on his server and not learn. | |
| Feb 15, 2014 at 13:19 | comment | added | quadruplebucky | I've never imagined serverfault would replace search engines but it tends to have a very useful effect of concentrating answers, whether they are original or copied by a more skilled searcher, and these are then indexed and the whole question becomes a little more accessible to somebody who doesn't even know how to accurately describe what their problem is. | |
| Feb 15, 2014 at 0:49 | vote | accept | MDMoore313 | ||
| Feb 15, 2014 at 0:15 | comment | added | Jason C | Cheers to this! | |
| Feb 14, 2014 at 21:58 | comment | added | Zoredache |
+1 for If I then dig into it to find the answer for my own curiosity - Yup, I do that occasionally. I see a question that is interesting, or brings up something I hadn't known before and I research it. If I am able to find something that would be useful/relevant for question, then I post it in an answer, or sometimes just a comment if what I found was just some references.
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| Feb 14, 2014 at 21:31 | history | answered | Rob Moir | CC BY-SA 3.0 |