Timeline for Is it really helpful to tell a user to look something up in a dictionary?
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| Dec 11, 2015 at 19:42 | comment | added | J.R. | @ab27 - Fair enough. I share your concern. I, too, have seen some comments that were maybe harsher than necessary. Yet I have seen what was intended as a helpful nudge get interpreted as a rude slight, too. Allowances need to be made in both directions; I just wanted to underscore that point. | |
| Dec 11, 2015 at 19:10 | comment | added | ab2 | @ J.R. The question itself is not rude. The question itself is part of educating someone. But some users are sometimes extremely rude when they ask that question, or a similar one. I'm not going to mention names, and I don't mean you, but I cringe sometimes when I read the comments of high and medium rep users to a neophyte. | |
| Dec 11, 2015 at 15:42 | comment | added | J.R. | @ab2 - "Did you look that up in a dictionary?" I'd ask that to your face. I'd ask that to my kids. I'd even ask that to your kids. I think I remember my third-grade teacher asking me that once. I don't think it's a "grumpy" response to a language question. What are you, stupid? Now that's a rude question. But, What did you find in the dictionary? – I don't find that rude. | |
| Dec 11, 2015 at 3:58 | comment | added | ab2 | Yes, but do it politely. I understand that high rep users can get tired and burned out and grumpy. And some questions are just plain lazy. But don't say something in a post that you wouldn't say face to face. | |
| Dec 10, 2015 at 21:26 | history | edited | J.R. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 8, 2015 at 10:30 | comment | added | J.R. | Oh, and to address this part of your question: "Would not be better to provide an answer, even if it is a simple answer?" I think, "What did the dictionary say?" can be a simple answer. After all, teach a man to fish, and he'll eat for a lifetime. We're a little bit different from other sites; we don't hand out fish here. | |
| Dec 8, 2015 at 10:25 | history | answered | J.R. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |