Personally, I would like to see either a clarification or the scope, or a change of it.  "IT Professionals" does not just mean Sys/Net Admin/Engineer.  "IT Professional" to me *includes Developers*.

If we want "SysAds asking questions of SysAds", change the scope of the site to do so.

Yes, the crappy, clueless, and not-even-googled questions bother me, too.  So I either vote, ignore, or close quickly.

Even though he and I disagree on some points, I'm sad to see Iain go, because I think that he is a good mod. But this site is supposed to be a community for helping people, and being rude and unhelpful doesn't get us anything; it kills the community.  If you're frustrated, don't come by; that's not helpful.

Basically all of https://meta.serverfault.com/questions/5337/why-the-hostility


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Additionally, with SysAds being very self-reliant, and our culture being very RTFM- and Self-Service-friendly I propose the following addition to the FAQ:

> "Questions are expected to have had at least a basic fundamental level
> of research and effort put into them. If you have not done some basic
> analysis (checked the relevant logs,  network captures, checked our
> [Canonical Question list][1], etc), and at least checked popular search
> engines for your question, your question may be considered of value
> due to lack of effort on your part."


  [1]: https://meta.serverfault.com/questions/1986/what-are-the-canonical-answers-weve-discovered-over-the-years