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January 19, 2006
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SORRY FOR BOTHERING YOU ALL

  • January 19, 2006
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Hi,
OK i accept my mistake & i assure you that in future such thing
won't happen again. some friends have mentioned the truth that
we are more interested in taking rather then giving ( we read
the answers to our questions but do not post a summary ) and i
accept honestly that i also belonged to the same clan but i am
out of it, also we must comunicate (Queries or answer summary)
such that it is easily understandable by the intended reciepient.
One request i have that please don't take it to a
particular community or country after all we are here to
create a knowledge base for all of us and for the future to
come, regardless of caste and creed.

Thanks & regards
Pradip

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    unknown11-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    January 19, 2006
    Pradip,
    Thanks for pointing out one of the weaknesses of my argument. I didn't
    mean to imply (though I certainly did) that it is people from only other
    countries (Non-USA) that are guilty of not posting summaries. I would be
    willing to bet that both in absolute numbers as well as percentages
    American users lead in this category.

    What I was trying to emphasize is that it might be due to the fact that
    some users in non-English speaking countries don't write or speak
    English that well that they are not posting summaries and the requests
    they make are short and often don't provide much detail. I couldn't even
    begin to imagine trying to post a question to a forum/email list with a
    primary language other than English. I'm sure I could and I would if I
    needed the information badly enough and was fairly certain the
    information could be obtained through that resource. My point is that I
    probably would not want to take the time to try and summarize in a
    useful way (to others at least) all the information that came in as a
    result of my request. Especially if I had to take the time to translate
    it and hope that my grammar, punctuation, and format were correct. Not
    to mention trying to make sure my thoughts were conveyed accurately.

    I am trying desperately to avoid broad generalizations due to the
    volatile nature of such characterizations and the backlash often
    following them. I'm simply trying to explain what, in my mind, MIGHT be
    happening. I'm not faulting anyone for it. All I'm saying is it would be
    nice if some kind of summary was posted if you (or me, or others) are
    going to ask perfect strangers to take time out of their schedule to
    help us.

    I know that in the long run it benefits us all if we each contribute but
    that gets lost sometimes in the daily bustle and its easy to say "it
    won't hurt if I don't post a summary this time". I've done it myself.
    What's important is to recognize that if we each do our little part then
    this system will be loaded with useful information in a format that is
    easy to store or search.

    That's enough preaching for me. I just wanted make sure neither you nor
    anyone else thought I was busting on non-US users. It is all of us that
    make this such a unique and information rich resource.

    Phil
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