It's good that you're trying to help people, but..."
Just wondering if you have trademarked that phrase. I've seen you use it quite a few times.
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RD
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 May 18 2005, 11:56 am (Edited on May 18 2005, 12:01 pm)
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If so, he needs to talk to N1ghtW1ng. One of those posts you pinned on him is actually Wiz quoting N1ghtW1ng. :P
[link] I'm pretty sure I've used it a few times myself. It's a valid point, though it needs to be made very gently, so as not to discourage people from ever wanting to help, even when they do have valuable input. Cultivating helpful community members is difficult enough as it is. | |
Flick wrote:
One of those posts you pinned on him is actually Wiz quoting N1ghtW1ng. Oops, I just did a search by author containing a specific phrase, then took all the URLs of the links. My bad Wiz. RD | |
Flick wrote:
It's a valid point, though it needs to be made very gently, so as not to discourage people from ever wanting to help, even when they do have valuable input. If someones advice truely should not have been made and the person realises that from the correcting reply, the poster of that advice shouldn't mind the correction so long as it is not rude. We all make mistakes. I recall the first time I tried to help someone on the forum, I thought I finally could lend a hand and told someone what they wanted could not be done. Then others replied with how to do it and I felt bad about it, even embaressed. I wisened up quickly and only spoke up when I was relatively certain that my statements were correct. What would be best concerning such corrections would be to have easy to understand, lengthy and in-depth tutorials that we could link incorrect helpers to so that they can learn about the topic themselves. | |
If I would have been the first to reply to this, I would have posted something very similar to [link].
It's great when people want to help others, but not so much when they don't know what they're talking about, therefore causing their victim to become even more confused than she/he already may be. | |
It's just a polite way of saying "You really have no clue what you're talking about and shouldn't try to help people until you do." I use something similar myself. The desire to be helpful is good, but there are certain people (and I won't mention any names, though I'd really like to) who are so totally inept that they can only make the problem worse. Hence it's good to commend them for wanting to help, but also to correct their horrible, horrible mistakes.
Lummox JR