An apology

Scotbot

How does one know if one gets a warning? I  have a junk email address that I use for these sorts of sites and rarely check it

Slithery

It will appear on your message inbox on this site.

FreeBear

Slithery said: It will appear on your message inbox on this site.

And the offending post (or even the entire thread) gets deleted.

Jude57

I'm sorry to see any knowledgeable posters leave. I've been here (previously as jude47, inventive, moi?) since about 2006 although posting more now I'm retired. There have been some terrific posters who have left or been removed because they've upset someone. As long as posts don't descend into ad hominem attacks then I don't see the problem but I suspect that a handful of moderators are trying to manage what is still a busy forum so take the path of least resistance.

As for repetitive questions, well as the saying goes 'there are no stupid questions'. I tend to stick to a handful of boards where, unfortunately, people are posting at their most stressed and I think it's easy to forget that when the thousandth thread is posted asking if a poster should get a DMP but posts no details of their situation. I try not to be impatient but I'm not sure I always succeed.

I've now got certain regularly used paragraphs saved in a Word document. Cut and paste - works for me, with the bonus that it saves me time as well as frustration.

elsien

Slithery said:

It will appear on your message inbox on this site.

And if you're particularly dense you don't realise that the lovely yellow/red colours are meant to be red and yellow cards...........:)

deannagone

Don't leave, take a break and come back when you are ready.  

Doozergirl

elsien said:

Slithery said:

It will appear on your message inbox on this site.

And if you're particularly dense you don't realise that the lovely yellow/red colours are meant to be red and yellow cards...........:)

The what? 

anotheruser

I agree about searching but sometimes things change so reading old information can be wrong.

london21

There could be different variations of the same question.

Try to take a break or ignore the posts that annoy you.
Not everything is worth responding to. 

NameUnavailable

The big problem with forums in general is that when one searches a query or topic in the hope of finding an answer, so many threads take you to a dead end.

It's really helpful if people can post feedback/updates to their initial queries. So few bother though.

The other thing I notice is that whenever someone resurrects an old thread they get a flurry of responses telling them that the thread they've responded to is X months/years old and to start a new one!