Telling someone to check the Judging Standards

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Originally Posted by Mike V. Florida

So let me see if I understand this correctly. Some should spend time and money to gain reference materials and knowledge and they should just give it away to others who feel the books are not worth their time or money?


We should expect someone new to be spoon fed answers to every question without even the hearing about where the information resides and where future questions may be answered?


This thread would have been much better in my opinion if an example post was given where someone pointed to the restoration guidelines, said the answer was there, and the answer was not there.


I spend time looking up the information and quoting it word by word even copying diagrams and charts but I should not mention where I got the info?

You can look at it like that if you like.

My take is most of the questions on here are done conversationally, meaning people want to bounce ideas off of a community that should be pretty close knit. The people that are asking questions genuinely want to know or need help, we are not a community made up of adolescence. I agree that if there are numerous stupid questions then the community should step in and set the expectations, but we’re not there and will never be because we are made up of intelligent real people. The problem here is when members are just shut down by someone who is annoyed and rude about people just asking questions. Everyone sees it, no one appreciates it and no one likes to be talked to in a condescending manner. It like a fart in church and leaves a bad taste in everyone’s mouth when someone is upset over another’s questions.

No one is forcing anyone to post replies divulging their hard earned knowledge for free. I haven’t seen any guns held to anyone’s head here and the submit reply button doesn’t always have to be pressed.