[wp-forums] Let me Google that for you

[Joni Mueller]

Me too.  And I disagree that it's a bit "heavy handed" for the WP forum.  There are a lot of slackjaws that come posting there with a question that has either been asked and answered ad nauseum or is so simple it can be found by a quick Google.  Considering that everyone on the support forum is giving their time and expertise freely, the less time wasted the better.  Seems like it's not that big a price to pay to make these folks do the most basic homework before they go on the board to post their question/problem.  Molly-coddling them will not equip them with the tools they need to survive on the net or most especially in a forum of this kind.  (Most of these critters wouldn't last two seconds in a Usenet group!)

I'd written this post several years ago in a moment of frustration.... And what's at the top of that list? You got it.
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/ltrantgt-attention-help-seekers?replies=8

Joni Mueller
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In message <EF6AD2A1-1513-4FFC-8E14-80ED3A60F823 at gmail.com>, James Huff 
<macmanx at gmail.com> writes
>I hope you know me better than that, Peter. :)
>
>But, at the moment it was rather hilarious, since I've never seen it before.

Surprised you've only just come across it, but anyway.

I agree that lmgtfy can be fun, especially when someone is persistently 
coming up with lame things to question you about.

However, as the site mods and admins, we have to, I think, adopt a 
certain position, which (as Peter suggests) probably precludes us from 
having fun at the expense of people asking questions (even if they might 
deserve it by all other accounts).

It's a fine line, though.