We don't mind helping you but we won't do all of the work for you. Please post what you've already done including any ideas you've had and we might be able to make some suggestions. If you've got completely no idea then may be it's your lecuturer's fault and it isn't right that you make him/her look good by cheating and copying from the Internet.
HarveyH42 said:A dedicated forum would be great. Course work posts outside the forum would be considered off-topic and moved/removed. Unfortunately more work for our already stressed moderator. There could be a sticky-post about details and information to include with posts, which will increase the chances of positive responses.
Not sure a standard, canned reply is a good way to go. New members and first post usually aren't the best indicator of intent. True, most of the time they only post the one time, and never return. We can't scare off all the new member who make a bad first impression. They should be given an operatunity to learn what this comunity is all about. New members keeps the forum going strong, otherwise it turns into a private club.
We are under no obligation to read or respond to any post, best just to ignore them, or ask a lot of questions. I'll probably never understand how some of these people could be on the internet, find this site, most likely by using a search engine (like I did), and still request information that would be easy to find, likely more accurate (data sheets, app notes...).
Sceadwian said:99% of the people that require canned responces post in the first folder/thread they find that seems applicable
ericgibbs said:If the current teaching methods are as bad as is being suggested, then the students need all the outside help they can get.
The posts which I find annoying are the ones that ask for complete program codings or full schematics,
not having taken the trouble to post any work of their own work.
I 'm not advocating posting sarcastic remarks (alright I've done that in the past but I don't think it's the way to tackle the problem).ericgibbs said:I dont think anyone can be sure 'initially' that an OP is asking an homework question.
I have seen a number of members come unstuck, making a wrong assumption, and posting sarcastic remarks.
The OP has replied, obviously quite annoyed.
Sceadwian said:The problem is if even if there were a student only 'folder' they wouldn't use it, 99% of the people that require canned responces post in the first folder/thread they find that seems applicable, as can be attested to the few random threads that are poked by people asking for schematics (at least two that I can think of in the last week that are 6+ months old) the rest are in the General electronics chat, when questions regarding school work should be prefaced with several paragraphs of text and appear in the electronic projecta folder. I long ago gave up on trying to get people to post in the proper folder, even a dedicated system operator couldn't possibly re-organize all the posts in the proper folders.
dknguyen said:Then perhaps a way to make it really obvious is to stick the really specific forums at the top of the list and the really general ones at the bottom. General electronics, robotics, and microcontrollers at the bottom, with datasheet/parts requests, chitchat, and alternative energy at the top.
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