We're usually reference Books Online by name and most times include a link to the page they need....

have we ever considered using a hashtag...

Water water everywhere and nor a drop to drink

Lynn,

Asking someone to approach a situation differently doesn't mean that they are doing something wrong, or they aren't one of the best people on the site.

Lynn,

That is correct. I've had my email address changed, and I use to one log in from work that was changed at that time and I also use one for...

Lynn,

This thread or this site?

I've been using SQL Server Central for at least 5 years.

Gilamonster,

I think you have been trying too hard to teach someone without altering your approach if your response is that someone has asked a bad (as in ineffective) question 20...

Lynn,

I was responding mostly to this remark:

GilaMonster wrote:

Second? Well past 20th in the two cases that triggered that post.

One of the things that makes people turn away from a forum is when bad behavior isn't addressed.

I'd agree that a +1 shouldn't be the first thing in the tool...

So I would recommend after the 2nd or 3rd question that seems lazy for the reply to be:

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You are asking a question that could be looked up easily with an...

Along with the answer to a persistently "lazy" person, it might be nice to put out a resource you can send them to that goes over the expectation we have.

I...

GilaMonster (11/16/2015)

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Second? Well past 20th in the two cases that triggered...

GilaMonster (11/14/2015)

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I am getting seriously tired of the lack of thought and understanding evidenced by recent questions from certain individuals. Is a little bit of independent work and research really...

It might be a good idea to use the SQLSaturday wiki as a test:

http://wiki.sqlsaturday.com/MainPage.ashx

Brandie Tarvin (11/12/2015)

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Oh, I comment the crap out of my stuff. I've got one proc that has almost 2 pages worth of version history comments (if I printed it out...