Fig forum posting ettiquette question

15 years ago

Hello! I am new to Garden Web and would like to ask a question regarding posting ettiquette (thus the amazing title I created above). I am going to post this here on the Fig Forum because I suspect it is where I may be asking a few questions. When I did a little search of the whole site earlier to get a feeling for ettiquette I found one very long thread that had the useful insight that these things vary from forum to forum.

Okay, here's my question:is it considered "wrong" to post a question that is similar to ones that have been posted before?

I did so the other day and recieved a "go do a search" reply, which has niggled at me for a few days until I figured out why that reply bothered me. (I do not believe the poster was trying to be rude.) Aside from the fact that I had done a search and still had my question unanswered, I have always thought of forums as places where a dialogue can be started, as opposed to books where the information is static. (You can't question a book if you don't understand it.) Further along that line of thought, it seems to me that people's opinions change from year to year with their experiences and what people said 3 years ago (or even last year) may not be the same as what they would say today.

Another thing is that we learn through repetition, or in this case, reading information presented in different ways or in different voices. It can really help others to comprehend the nuances of our very complex "hobby" to read the same info. in multiple forms!

And speaking of multiple forms, we don't all use the exact same language to phrase things, so unless you do your searchs with a handy thesaurus, you can very well miss the information that you're looking for because the last hot discussion of it centered around a slightly different phrase!

So, I guess that if I were to answer my own question, I would say "ask away!" But I'm new here, so I would really value the opinions of the "regulars"! And for what it is worth, I really value the dialogue aspect of these forums! Thanks so much!

Sunni

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steve_nj8
15 years ago
Sunni,

Very good points you made in your post. I think sometimes the regulars see a newbie question and figure the best advice is for folks to research what has already been discussed and then ask more specific questions. As an example, a new poster might say "how do I root cuttings?" The answer to that is long and not simple. It is hard for folks to write a post in response to that. If the poster had asked something after doing research, like "How long does it take to root using the baggie method?" Well that is easier to answer and would likely start a nice discussion thread.

This is a great bunch of folks who generously give of their time to others. If you were put-off at all, I'm sure it was unintentional. Please let me know if I can help you at all.
ottawan_z5a
15 years ago
Sunni
Forum is the place to ask questions. It is not wrong to ask forum related question even if similar question has been asked before and there is no wrong question. Forum is for the novice as well as for the experts.
Most of the time you will get detail responses from some and short responses from others who have been active in the forum for a longer time and if they know that the subject has been answered in a number of different threads from different perspectives then they may ask you to do a search of the forum using the "Search" capability for the forum to get additional info.
Sometimes you can resurrect and old related thread (even from archives) to ask question with a different twist to the same issue. It is OK to be forgiving if a sentence does not sound sweet. You may get much better informed answer from the same person next time.
Yes, sometimes I get friendly reminders from my friends in GW and I start thinking 'what did I do again!'. What I mean is that one means well in one's own way but it it may look different from another angle.
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dieseler
15 years ago
Sunni,
the above posters summed it up very well, as you will notice many here do not do things the exact same way say with growing , rooting, useing same soil etc etc.
Whats really nice is one can read the posts and try something they think might suit there needs and try it.
Also i think it would be great one day to be able to see expressions as one types as sometimes reading words 1 may think "oh he's a jerk" "or he's rude" Lots of time i have hard time expressing something in typeing words as opposed to talking an having converstion face to face. In another forum there is a chatroom where the conversation flows and its a little easier to talk at least for me but these forums are really nice to learn the experinces from so many different folks as well i have learned over the years i have been here. Are there rude people YES in all walks of life including here but there far outnumbered by the folks here that will help you. So ask away. ; )
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sunnibel7 Md 7
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15 years ago
Thank you guys for responding so quickly!

I know it can be very hard to express yourself in writing without sounding... off, flat, maybe mean, or just plain "not yourself"- I spent a couple of years dog sitting and had to write a note to each owner every day about the state of their beloved pet and that was the hardest part of the job! And I guess I need to better express myself here. :)

It was not the tone of the "go search" response so much as the "go search" part of it that niggled at me. From the rest of the post, I knew the person was being polite. I guess that asking questions of a real live person (people)is the main reason that I signed up as a member! I just want to be sure I'm not going about it the wrong way!

Again, thank you all and I sincerely appreciate your patience as we get to know one another!

Sunni

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