Re: Suggestions on FAQ application?

And yet you took the time to reply...I searched the archives of this mailing list... The list is more than just for those that consider themselves gods in the PHP world, it's for people who program in PHP, a bit of a community if you will or at least that was my feeling. I've been on this list for at least a year, maybe a year and half and it has really degraded and I feel so sorry everytime I see a new user get a nasty reply from people "who can't be bothered" to read their emails looking for help. I also know how to search for things on the web, I was asking fellow PHP users for their opinions on a package they may use. I don't see anything against that in the terms of use for the list. If there is something you don't like hit the damn delete button, I read maybe 10% of the stuff that comes across this list but I never email telling people they are wasting my time... Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey B. Ferland" <jferland@lplonline.org> To: "Jeff Lewis" <jeff@hyrum.net> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] Suggestions on FAQ application? > > Why re-invent what is already written? I'm well aware that it's easy to > > write but there may be something out there already that suits my needs and > > has some features that I hadn't thought of. If you don't have a suggestion > > on a package please spare me the rude replies which seem to run rampant on > > here lately... > > Though I agree the reply given was rather crude, and I think also > unnecessary, so was you question. It is rather a waste of the time of the > list's membership to spend their time doing searches for you to find code > packages. It is my impression, at least, that this list exists to provide > assistance on a somewhat higher level of issues. Your question was worded in > such a way that it wasn't very different from this: > > > Hi every one, > > I want to create thumbnail of a photo stored in MySQL table online. > > > > Best Wishes, > > S. Naqashzade > > And that is not something I care to bother with. I spent the effort of > typing "php thumbnail mysql photo" into Google. And as a surprise to some, I > had to refine the search once to get that, and what you're looking for > you'll sometimes have to scroll down for or *gasp* even head to the next 10 > results. > > I suggest going to Google's directory: > http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Programming/Languages/PHP/Scripts/ > try doing a search for FAQ. Since I really don't know what it is you want, I > can't help much more than that. The basic idea is spend some time searching, > look inside of well-known script sites, dig through the search enginges... > You might also be able to strip the FAQ section out of PHP Nuke, but that's > a confusing mess in its own right. Forgive my bitterness, but Sometimes you > end up looking at a question and going "Why am I wasting my time on this? > This person expects me to do everything but make their site." > > Don't straight-up ask for info on questions that are covered EVERY WEEK, and > do look at more than just one site. > > -Jeff > SIG: HUP > > > >