An appropriate response

[tony h]

http://www.excelforum.com/excel-prog...ml#post3621493

I am clearly becoming less tolerant. Is my response on the above thread reasonable?

The response was :Guarav,

I contribute to this forum for a bit of light relief and getting to the bottom of your problem will take some work. Unfortunately for you I neither believe your statement that you wrote this nor do I think you have taken my advice to look at "use of the error object". If you had put in some effort and demonstrated that I might be inclined to help. The exhortation by you to "please explain me the exact mistake which I am doing and what should I do to make it work?" I just find irritating. I am unlikely to look at this thread again.

Good luck.

[AlKey]

Maybe the tolerance level needs to be increased All OP has asked you, politely, is to explain the mistakes he made. If you feel that you have more knowledge of the subject then it would make more sense to offer your help instead of displaying your disappointment. We are here not because this our job, we are here because we like what we do and offer our time and expertise to help others.

Alex

[FDibbins]

Sorry, but I tend to agree with Alkey on this. OP asked a reasonable question, the kind we get all the time on the forum - where did I go wrong? If you feel dis-inclined to respond to that, for whatever reason, then just move on. You made a comment about "I won't embarrass you with detail", but I think thats what you ended up doing anyway.

If answering questions like "where did I go wrong", does not fall within your definition of "bit of light relief", then I suggest you just dont treply, and move to the next question. Im sure we have all been involved with a thread that, at some point, we just want to back away from - perhaps this was 1 of those for you?

Thanks for asking, and I meant no offence by my reply...you asked the question, I have given my opnion

[xladept]

Without having gotten into it, your response seems unwarranted to me.

BTW - Happy forum anniversary tomorrow

[TMS]

Is my response on the above thread reasonable?

Probably not ... but I guess something wound you up. It can get you that way sometimes.

[snb]

This definitely is inappropriate; so I think Tony h's suspicions were correct :

http://www.excelforum.com/excel-prog...ml#post3622095

[TMS]

@snb: The thread has been reported and I would hope it is treated effectively. Regards, TMS

[swoop99]

I'm gonna jump in and wave a flag in support of Tony H.

Probably best not to wade into the discussion as such though.

[JBeaucaire]

Tony, once any thread has a few replies, it is unlikely anyone will just join into that thread again. So once you start to answer, you most likely become the only hope that particular thread WILL get a solution at all.

So, first, I have to echo everyone's thoughts above, though I agree he is using code he didn't write, "calling him on it" serves no purpose, that is true of a huge percentage of the posts around here, it's the nature of the beast. Don't let that be a dealbreaker for you. And certainly don't convince yourself that anyone will ever respond well to being lectured (much) in a spot where they've come asking for help.

If you are going to abandon a thread in which you have been the main answerer so far, a courtesy is to invite others to take over for you. Subscribe to THIS THREAD and use it for that very purpose, make sure other eyes are drawn anew to a post you're fed up with... tell US you're fed up, not the OP.

Thanks.

[tony h]

It is good to get a view of the boundaries and I think the fact that I had posted here is evidence that I thought I had (just) crossed one. I tend to pick up threads which have been passed over with many views and no replies. Quite often I suggest to people that they reword or put in some effort then it will appeal to someone or I will help them and they usually do and I do.

Mind you the response I got from G was rather more colorful and I have passed that on to JB.

(Just for completeness) a bit of background. G insisted it was his own code (which was extensive and pretty well structured) and the problem was intermittent. So it was going to take a fair amount (actually a lot) of work to help him through it. I suggested that he look at a few areas which he clearly didn't and just PMd then posted with variations of ... just give me the answer (at least that's the way it came across to me).

I didn't really think anyone would want it. But next time I'll take JB's advice and pass it on.

[TMS]

I tend to pick up threads which have been passed over with many views and no replies.

There's usually a reason. I tend to take a similar approach ... but only if I am reasonably confident that I can help. I don't often ask for more information and/or workbook these days unless I think I have a potential solution but want/need to see the data. Main reason is that once your name is in the frame, you have expectations to manage.

Think GIGO and don't touch it

Regards, TMS