Timeline for Is it okay to tell users to RTFM?
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| May 12, 2016 at 2:13 | comment | added | Colt | Agree with the middle ground. As systems get more complex, there will often be cases where one is required to deal with something new. That said, documentation is often poor and difficult to use. Helping someone (even someone who may not appear to have done enough homework) while also pointing to the correct documentation not only solves the immediate problem, but also helps that person and others who follow to better use that documentation. | |
| Apr 29, 2016 at 13:26 | comment | added | sysadmin1138 Mod | @HBruijn The block has gone away. I'm looking into why, and get it back. | |
| Apr 29, 2016 at 13:23 | comment | added | HBruijn Mod | IIRC "let me google that for you" links are/were blocked, but maybe that block is only on answers and not for comments. anyway, sometimes I notice that the problem people describe is more than sufficiently documented, but if only you already know the correct jargon/technical term. Please don't hesitate to point that out. This Q&A is only one such example although I would have left a comment rather than an answer. | |
| Apr 29, 2016 at 13:17 | comment | added | Sum1sAdmin | thanks, I'll STFU and bite my tongue for the most part - else-wise I become a Google service. I commented on one or two questions with the 'let me google that for you' link - which is a cheeky way of saying RTFM - but I'll cease and desist with that. | |
| Apr 29, 2016 at 13:07 | history | answered | sysadmin1138Mod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |