Timeline for Asking fundamental "beginner" questions
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| Apr 25, 2015 at 2:35 | comment | added | ChrisW Mod | I agree with not seeding the site with artificial questions, and of course I agree with experts answering expert/difficult questions. Also some people want to allow beginner questions as well, and some people (perhaps less expert) seem willing to try to answer those, so perhaps let's allow them too. | |
| Oct 12, 2014 at 22:08 | comment | added | Oswulf | If you only had to simply google for the answer then this site would really be unnecessary. Why come here if google is greater then experts? I seek out a expert because they are trust worthy an have experience an knowledge that a beginner does not. Google cannot relate to the human experience an some people dont even know how to ask the right questions only a experienced teacher knows what the seeker is looking for. They know what to say an how to help the disciple or pupil. A beginner will not know the vital wisdom needed or how to even go about searching for it. With all respect to all here. | |
| Oct 12, 2014 at 22:02 | comment | added | Oswulf | LMGTFY is so impersonal. When you want answers to something your going to mold your life around is something I would want an expert for, an google is not a expert it searches for words that are similar to your question, an that leads to anything. An being misinformed is worse then being denied an answer. One must ponder. How many times did Siddhartha get asked the same question? He had to teach beginning concepts to each new person he came across. If you dont make a strong foundation then your building will falter. Beginners will become Experts an more experts the better the collective wisdom. | |
| Jul 16, 2014 at 23:13 | comment | added | yuttadhammo Mod | I think this is all missing the point of my answer; LMGTFY means it is something you could find easily by searching the Internet; there's no "life direction" potential in such questions, they are not bad because they are "easy", there is no "luck" involved in typing the question into google, etc. The question talks about "seeding" the site with beginner questions, which I'm against. | |
| Jul 16, 2014 at 18:20 | comment | added | PFS32 | Religious questions are not "info only" questions. These questions are "life direction" questions. Every question, if possible, is crucial to the asker. At least, direct them to those who may be better able to help them. This SE should not be about US but about helping OTHERS. Otherwise, it will become abandoned quite quickly. (I really don't expect expert answers here, just good ones. Until folk like HHDL, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, etc., answer questions here, we are just "throwing life preservers until the boat arrives", which we will do to the best of our ability. | |
| Jul 16, 2014 at 1:22 | comment | added | yuttadhammo Mod | @Dawnkeeper if I can google it, I won't ask it on SO. In the case of Buddhism, I think the point is that if it's already on Wikipedia, we don't need to answer it here. | |
| Jul 15, 2014 at 20:13 | comment | added | Dawnkeeper | -1 according to your profile you sometimes need to ask questions about computers. What would you like better: Someone listening to you and trying to get a solution that fits your question or being pointed to google to try your own luck. | |
| Jul 8, 2014 at 20:36 | comment | added | InvalidBrainException | The point of having a Stack Exchange site is to be a definitive source of well-formed questions and answers to a topic. Stack Overflow, the largest Stack Exchange site, doesn't judge questions by their difficulty. It judges them by how well-structured and helpful they are. I think this site should follow that spirit. If a question is "easy" but brings something new to this site then it should be welcomed. | |
| Jul 6, 2014 at 17:11 | comment | added | Andriy Volkov Mod | This is how I felt too. Some of the best-intended participants are too eager to fill this site with useful content :) | |
| Jul 3, 2014 at 10:56 | comment | added | FullPeace.org | Well put. Not sure that others see Buddhist.SE as the place to get answers to questions requiring expert answers, though, many appear to ask questions, wondering what it is (and how it compares to 'their' religion). Can we perhaps add some community wiki entries to describe the basics? | |
| Jul 3, 2014 at 10:47 | history | answered | yuttadhammoMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |