Suggestions for New Forum Users

[polyfragmented]

Bob,

I hope you don't mind me chipping in.

I would like to say in defense of some that ask questions that may have been answered before in the forum or that may seem a little basic to some here on the forum to remember, that not all that are here looking to use GS are computer professionals.

I basically agree with you on that. I personally (as I cannot and will not speak for any other user here) try to be as helpful as possible, especially to more inexperienced users. Having said that, people give voluntary help here, so maybe hinting at the forum search and dropping a few related links shouldn't intimidate anyone.

I think I made a suggestion in an earlier post for a Newbies Topic area.

I don't think that we really need a newbie section on the forums. It comes down to how we, all users, welcome newbies and reply to their questions. Setting up some kind of walled garden for them doesn't appear helpful to me.

Since this is individuals who devote some of their time towards answering questions here, it will be hard to set some sort of directives for all. I hope we can agree though that we should be as helpful, respectful and diplomatic as possible as users.