Gambler: Copy-pasting FAQ sections (or linking to them) without any real explanations send a message that:
1. You consider yourself to be so much more important than the other guy, that you can't bother to actually write the post in your own words.
2. You want to tell others what to do, using common rules as an excuse.
3. You assume that the other person is not aware of the common rules, rather than that you misunderstood his or her intent.
1. Yep, can't be bothered to write / explain the same basic stuff each and every week for some other guy without getting back to standard copy+past sooner or later. Nope, doesn't imply the writer is better or more important at all.
2. Pointing to common rules is in need of an excuse? No, at least not in my book. But actually ignoring them is alright I guess?
3. We're on the internet. Lack of face / body expression, hearing the tone of a voice was, still is and always will be, the basis for a possible misunderstanding. If you felt misunderstood, you can point that out / make your point clearer. Doing so with rudeness mostly won't help you.
Gambler: This is especially true if the issue at hand is trivial and you don't have any real stake in the question. It's one thing to ask the person politely, it's entirely different thing to pose as an authority and representative of "the community". In the latter case, you begging for rudeness in response.
... and this is where I see your cardhouse falling apart. Fast.
- nobody had any real stake in the (first) question here as the answers are already available.
- implying of an authority behavior while updating said question with the community opinion option AND spicing it up with plain rudeness, is just uncalled for. Besides that it violates your own point 3 of implying / misunderstanding.
- these boards haven't gotten much mod activity. Simply because it isn't necessary - and not because "regular" members have taken that part.
- ... begging for rudeness in response? On 99% of all other boards I would agree. A flamewar would have started. Not so here. Now guess again why we haven't seen more mod work around here....
Gambler: I bet if
cogadh said "could you please post questions like this in the dedicated thread", things would play out much different and without any drama.
barleyguy: I'll take that bet.
Me too.