Comments on the way people express themselves

Question

Hi,
of course this is an irrelevant to the forum topic but it sometimes concerns me and i would like to know what you think about it (of course, if you find it inappropriate feel free to remove it or tell me to delete it )....
The need to write this topic emits from the following topic : create file (of any kind)
where i asked a question and Mr Satish Kandi replied the "have u read the utl_file documentation ? "
From my point of view (perhaps i am wrong) this is something like : "you shouldnt be asking that and taking our precious time with straightforward questions like this, instead you should be reading the documentation and you would have found the anwser" (and that is the "light" version of how the sentense may be translated).
Well, to my opinion
a.i never obliged anyone to anwser my question (I or anyone else posing questions)
b.i never asked anyone to postpone his work in order to help me
c. all people are here because they want to
d. all people here answer questions because they want to. If they dont want to or they dont have the time, they just dont anwser
I'd like to hear your comments about that
Theodore
ps: of course i have the utl_file documentation, probably not as thoroughly as i should, but i had tried it....anyway
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juststarter

Answer 1

Just because you're using something does not necessarily mean you've read the documentation!
A lot of the time, what people think is obviously implied in their words is not always clear to the rest of us who don't have access to the background information.
Some people seem to think that they can ask their questions here and expect an answer without having to do any work for themselves. I think you'll agree that in the case of students, that's a very, very bad habit to get into. Besides, in much the same way that front-line support's generic first question is "Have you shut down and restarted?", the forum's first question is usually "Have you read the documentation" (or in the cases where it is clear that the OP hasn't done that, "Read the documentation!").
I google and read the documentation, but when I'm asking questions in the forums, I state that, otherwise how are people meant to know that I've done so?
Clearly, you don't fall into the class of people who expect the answers on a platter (golden, for preference), which automatically makes people more inclined to answer you. However, providing as much relevant information in the first place goes a long way to prevent being asked if you've read the documentation *{;-)