At 03:29 AM 10/18/2011, Nick Cox wrote:
My antennae sense a recent upward drift in questions that are unlikely
to be answered, or at least answered in the way that members hope. In
particular, Statalist is _not_ intended as a substitute for reading
the help and the manual or getting into appropriate literature
yourself. Nor is it very likely that active members will be able or
willing to sketch out an entire data analysis project, as some recent
postings seem to expect.
When people sign up they get this message about checking the FAQ but
I am sure a lot don't do it. Maybe these "12 commandments" or
something like it could be part of that welcoming statement.
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