Throw out the baby!

And this is the perception I get from the numerous bitching sessions here in the recent weeks about so-called "senior" members not being politically correct with each and every single word they type in response to a problem.. as they may just offend someone's feelings. Boo hoo.
So let's throw out the baby with the bath water.
What many of these whiners miss are that
a) experienced professionals are offering their expertise and their time for free on OTN
b) a vast majority of problems raised by posters are resolved within a few hours of posting
c) less than 1% of the postings are being whined and moaned about
d) that a large number of new members have no idea about the very basics of netiquette, never mind how to frame their question or state their problem with sufficient clarity and technical details in order to provide assistance.
But so typical.. never mind acknowledging just how OTN assists many people, let's rather focus on the small number of postings that is deemed to be "offensive" according to someone's sensitive sense of politically correctness.
Pathetic.

> How do we know that they are experienced?
Kind of expecting you to flog this dead horse some more, Burleson.
How do we know they are experienced? By the quality and correctness of their postings. By them providing references to Oracle documentation and providing a clear cut test case if possible. As is the norm with many postings in OTN's Community Discussion Forums » Database » SQL and PL/SQL.
A certificate from an educational organisation does not imply any kind of competence. Does not imply any kind of practical real world experience. Never mind posting a CV on-line and making all kinds of claims that are difficult to verify.. never mind worth the effort to verify.
A book cannot be judged by its cover.
> There are far too many self-appointed experts on OTN, people with very limited work experience.
Just as there are some self-appointed holier-than-thou critics with an overinflated sense of self importance on OTN that think they are in a position to judge what is deemed "acceptable" here, and who are "the experts" and who are not.

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