CR4 - Announcement: “This is CR4” PSA series

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HUSH Guru Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Gotham City Posts: 739 Good Answers: 10	“This is CR4” PSA series 05/19/2019 12:01 AM
	We are launching a series of PSA-like announcements on CR4 to help educate both new and long-time users on the policies and practices of CR4. Over the next several weeks, keep an eye out for new announcements and posts. Some of the planned topics include: political posts and comments, reporting, thread and answer rating tools, community attitudes and posting and commenting best practices. We want to cultivate a helpful, thoughtful community, which starts by eliminating condescending attitudes and off-topic discussions, and encouraging high-quality posts and replies. Stay tuned for more This is CR4 announcements in the coming weeks. __________________ HUSH
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StandardsGuy Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North America, Earth Posts: 4529 Good Answers: 106	#1 Re: “This is CR4” PSA series 05/19/2019 10:29 PM
	I'm glad to see these things are up for discussion. __________________ “I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” - Richard Feynman
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dkwarner Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Placerville, CA (38° 45N, 120° 47'W) Posts: 6218 Good Answers: 248	#2 Re: “This is CR4” PSA series 05/20/2019 12:45 AM
	I especially agree on the need to eliminate condescending attitudes! I frequently see something equivalent to RTFM!, when the critic has no idea whether the OP has access to a manual, whether that manual is written in a language the OP can read/understand, and occasionally, whether the manual is understandable to start with. I've seen quite a few manuals that looked like they were written in English, but they were translated from some other language by a person who did NOT have a complete understanding of spelling and word order in English, and thus produced a document not easily understood by a person fluent in English. When someone purchases a piece of used equipment, they frequently have no manual, or the manual is faded, smudged, has missing pages, etc. Finally, many devices come with a user's manual, but no service manual, so reading the available manual may well NOT answer many questions. __________________ Teaching is a great experience, but there is no better teacher than experience.
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XNuke Power-User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Moncks Corner, South Carolina, USA Posts: 157 Good Answers: 6	#3 Re: “This is CR4” PSA series 05/20/2019 3:52 PM
	I am particularly interested who posts comments to these and the content of those comments. __________________ You can always tell a Nuke because you can't tell him anything!
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horace40 Guru Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tamworth, UK. Posts: 1782 Good Answers: 45	#4 Re: “This is CR4” PSA series 05/20/2019 7:33 PM
	I certainly like the idea of avoiding condescending comments. A good technical explanation needs to be put over in an objective way to avoid offence - but so easy to evolve into an argument of opposing opinions where users rely on subjective comments to 'win' their case - and when they don't win - they start to belittle the opposition. __________________ When arguing, remember mud-slinging = lost ground.
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artsmith Guru Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 3523 Good Answers: 146	#5 Re: “This is CR4” PSA series 05/21/2019 5:40 PM
	I recently re-read the site rules, and I noticed that there were more 'guidelines' for posting a question than there were for posting a reply. You might want to give that a once-over as well, to encourage new people to ask freely, and for others to answer politely. __________________ incus opella
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HUSH Guru Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Gotham City Posts: 739 Good Answers: 10	#6 In reply to #5 Re: “This is CR4” PSA series 05/24/2019 10:13 AM
	We definitely plan to address that in one of our PSAs. __________________ HUSH
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