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Re: richard [message #185836 is a reply to message #185835]

Sun, 11 May 2014 21:46

Doug Miller
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Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote in news:lko75e$v73$1@dont-
email.me:

> On Sun, 11 May 2014 15:14:12 +0000, Doug Miller wrote:
>
>> bill <william(at)TechServSys(dot)com> wrote in
>> news:lknn0a$ije$1(at)speranza(dot)aioe(dot)org:
>>
>>> Might we adopt a policy of benign neglect towards richard, i.e:
>>> rot reply to any of his posts?
>>
>> At least not until he apologizes, in the newsgroup, to everyone he has
>> insulted and abused.
>
> I detect a slight flaw in this plan.
>
> richard's posts may then be answered by people whose knowledge and
> competence is as lacking as his, and other newbies reading the group
> might take those posts as being good answers to problems similar to the
> ones richard posts.

If and when that happens, then those of us who know better can post corrections in reply to
*them*. But not to richard. His requests for aid should be ignored.

Regardless of how we accomplish it, though, I think it's high time we all agree that richard
gets no more assistance until he has a major change of attitude. He seems to believe that
this newsgroup exists for the purpose of fixing the problems he creates, that he is somehow
entitled to our assistance that we are somehow obligated to provide.

It's time to burst his bubble. Unless and until RtS apologizes for his behavior, all of his posts
along the lines of "why isn't this working?" should be answered with nothing beyond
"because you screwed up again."

The greater danger, IMHO, is not that richard's questions will be answered by newbies as
clueless as he [assuming they exist], but rather that newbies' questions will be answered by
richard. In that case, his posts should not be ignored: misinformation demands correction.

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[Message index]

		richard By: bill on Sun, 11 May 2014 11:30
		Re: richard By: Richard Damon on Sun, 11 May 2014 11:50
		Re: richard By: The Natural Philosoph on Sun, 11 May 2014 14:14
		Re: richard By: Doug Miller on Sun, 11 May 2014 12:16
		Re: richard By: Mr Oldies on Sun, 11 May 2014 14:11
		Re: richard By: Evan Platt on Mon, 12 May 2014 13:50
		Re: richard By: Doug Miller on Sun, 11 May 2014 15:14
		Re: richard By: Denis McMahon on Sun, 11 May 2014 16:06
		Re: richard By: Doug Miller on Sun, 11 May 2014 21:46
		Re: richard By: bill on Mon, 12 May 2014 11:19
		Re: richard By: Doug Miller on Mon, 12 May 2014 13:01
		Re: richard By: The Natural Philosoph on Mon, 12 May 2014 13:52
		Re: richard By: Doug Miller on Mon, 12 May 2014 18:15
		Re: richard By: Evan Platt on Mon, 12 May 2014 14:43
		Re: richard By: Doug Miller on Mon, 12 May 2014 18:17
		Re: richard By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Mon, 12 May 2014 10:07

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