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Seronis:
I like the multiple choice quickie quiz above.  Word for word it would at least prevent a decent portion of the noob posts as it would get people thinking.  A little more detail on the point of  "this is not a general programming forum" / "we dont do homework here" might be useful to us.  A link to a wiki page about   IRC  and maybe suggestion to  #c++-basic would further be useful to them.

stahta01:

--- Quote from: Seronis link=topic=12319.msg83844#msg83844 --- A link to a wiki page about   IRC  and maybe suggestion to  #c++-basic would further be useful to them.

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I agree a wiki page of sites for general and specific programming type question would be a good thing.

Tim S.

Jenna:

--- Quote from: stahta01 on April 08, 2010, 07:16:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: Seronis link=topic=12319.msg83844#msg83844 --- A link to a wiki page about   IRC  and maybe suggestion to  #c++-basic would further be useful to them.

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I agree a wiki page of sites for general and specific programming type question would be a good thing.

Tim S.

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I think links to such pages are better, then to reinvent the wheel. (e.g. http://parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/ ).

thomas:
Well, we could just continue being impolite to all the people who don't give proper information. This worked fine for a couple of years, didn't it?

On a more serious note though, I don't think that any questionnaire or automated thingie will make anything better, but it will add extra burden to everyone. Personally, if a forum asked me to fill out half a page of information to begin with, I'd probably close the browser immediately, and if the reason I went there for had been a problem I couldn't solve myself, I'd use another software.
Unqualified questions are annoying, but such is the nature of humans. Some people are experienced, some are unexperienced, and some are just stupid. Some will ask questions that you can answer, some will only give proper information after you yell at them, and some just won't get it. You won't change that.

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