On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 6:42 PM, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > > . A lot of OPs provide very little background information. Sometimes > this may be because they don't know what *is* relevant, but often a > thread turns into an episode of "Twenty Questions" because of what > seems like a reluctance to reveal any facts about their system. > > . Following this, when the OP apparently "disappears" after making > their first post, people are left little option but to make guesses > about what their problem might be caused by.
In my opinion, the *proper* course of action is then to ask for more information instead of guessing. If OP then does not reply, then there's no need to keep going. I believe that my views on this have changed after the Stack Exchange network of websites sprung up. It makes such a huge difference in clarity when bad questions are forcibly closed until corrected. > . Some OPs provide facts which, when people start investigating, are > found to be incorrect, so the thread bifurcates into those accepting > the factoid and others disputing it. This is of course unfortunate but something even I have to admit that we have to accept. :)
