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Il 21/07/2014 20:49, Scott Sauyet ha scritto:
> danca wrote:
>>
>> I was trying to say that, f.e, if I go to a psychologist, it is very
>> likely I would put my problems in a totally imprecise manner, i mean not
>> using the right words to describe my symptoms/problems, from the
>> scientific point of view of Psychology: it is the psycho that goes
>> through my confused wording and grasps what I probably am trying to
>> explain. Should I be able to put the question in the right way, chances
>> are that I wouldn't need a Psycho at all. :-)
>
> Now imagine stumbling into a conference of psychologists during the expert
> panel's discussion on developmental psychopathology, and then babbling
> about how your mother never loved you enough.  Perhaps someone might
> take pity and try to help you, but it's likely not the right forum, and
> these academics are not necessarily the right ones to help you.  You're
> taking up valuable time that they were planning on spending on something
> else.  Even if they pay attention to your case, you might find that what
> they focus on about you is not exactly what you'd like them to help you
> with.

Well, I tried to be of help and ended my post writing something like 
"this is a NG where people is a bit experienced, maybe it's not the 
right place for such elementary questions" but I have been lashed for 
that, and I have been told that nowhere in the group's policy is stated 
that only experts can participate.. etc.
>
> That's not what comp.lang.javascript is like.  But you should keep that
> in mind as an alternate metaphor, because it's as close to the truth as
> is a professional psychologist.

Yes, but what about the very same panel calling himself simply 
"Psychology Discussions", then someone stumbles in, asks some ridiculous 
questions and people begins to make a fool of him, asking candidly 
things like "please, to be clearer, are you referring to the Wosgan 
theory of stereotypes or the commonly accepted paradigm of the intrinsic 
neuronal redundance?" [1]

>
> This is not a help group.  There are many people here who enjoy helping
> out beginners, but not many who appreciate having that help taken for
> granted or having that help expected of them.

Maybe simply ignoring them seems too easy? People can learn from words, 
and from silence too.

>
> This is a free-flowing discussion group.  The one who started the
> discussion has little authority about where the continuing discussion
> leads.
>
> This is a group that has over many years developed its own quirks, its
> own cast of oddball characters, its own style of response.   In short,
> it is a community.  Someone new here does have to honor that and not
> simply insist that the community must bend to her or his preferences.
>
> I happen to fall more on the be-nice-to-newbies end of the spectrum, but

Well, I know, as a long-time lurker, your attitude of courtesy and 
support when you materialize in the NG. It is somewhat surprising to me 
that you devote one of your unfortunately rare apparitions to play the 
devil's advocate! :-)

> I still appreciate questions that show research and offer me something of
> technical interest.  I prefer questions that show that the poster has
> actually read "How To Ask Qustions  The Right Way" [1]

No questions on it. Nevertheless, what about people that does not limit 
to ignore irrelevant questions, but feels obligate to torture the 
newcomer/amateur/unexperienced/ignorant/confused?
We have a word for it in Italy [2], and it is generally considered bad 
habit...

Dan

[1] Obviously I have only put toghether some words.. don't ask me who 
Wosgan is, nor anything about neuronal redundance!
[2] "Nonnismo" (from nonno=grandfather)

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