Guidelines for Posting to Watir General Google Group
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Željko Filipin
Mar 3, 2008, 7:44:54 AM3/3/08
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I will sent this message at the beginning of every month. If you have not read it yet, please do it now.
If you need help with Watir, post your problem to Watir General [1] Google group. Before posting, please read this short guidelines. - Search before posting; chances are, someone has already asked the same question.
- Use standard English, not SMS or chat speak.
- Do not ask for help 'real time'. Be respectful of others; Watir users are colleagues and do not work for you; these people are volunteering their time and experience to help the community free of charge.
- Include Watir version and Ruby version
- Include Watir and HTML code.
-- Do not give too much irrelevant information. The whole HTML of your page or your entire Watir script is probably too much.
- Include the error message and the stack trace.
- Do not give too little information. Please, do not make us ask these questions again and again:
-- What are you trying to do?
-- What did you try?
-- What did you expect?
-- What do you mean by "does not work"?
- Provide the actual code you used. Do not retype it for us. We often see code with obvious typos. When we point these out, the original poster says "that wasn't the real code." At this point we don't feel like helping any more, because we have no confidence that the problem being reported actually corresponds to the real problem.
- Sign post with your real name.
- Post your question only once. If you are not getting the response you expected, consider posting additional information.
- OFF TOPIC posts:
-- When we can we will do our best to help you with problems and questions related to other coding conventions used in your Watir scripts.
-- Please consider posting your questions to other more appropriate forums if you don't get the response you need. For example, the comp.lang.ruby group [3], Autoit forum [4], Wet forum [5], etc. - Do not ask for help 'real time'. Be respectful of others; Watir users are colleagues and do not work for you; these people are volunteering their time and experience to help the community free of charge.
- Include Watir version and Ruby version
- Include Watir and HTML code.
-- Do not give too much irrelevant information. The whole HTML of your page or your entire Watir script is probably too much.
- Include the error message and the stack trace.
- Do not give too little information. Please, do not make us ask these questions again and again:
-- What are you trying to do?
-- What did you try?
-- What did you expect?
-- What do you mean by "does not work"?
- Provide the actual code you used. Do not retype it for us. We often see code with obvious typos. When we point these out, the original poster says "that wasn't the real code." At this point we don't feel like helping any more, because we have no confidence that the problem being reported actually corresponds to the real problem.
- Sign post with your real name.
- Post your question only once. If you are not getting the response you expected, consider posting additional information.
- OFF TOPIC posts:
-- When we can we will do our best to help you with problems and questions related to other coding conventions used in your Watir scripts.
If you want to read more guidelines, check out Identifying problems and proposing solutions for the Watir community thread [6] at Watir General.
The most recent version is located at Guidelines for Posting to Watir General Google Group page [7] of Watir wiki.
Željko
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ZeljkoFilipin.com
[1] http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general
[2] http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=007267089725385613265%3Agmydx5gtw6u
[3] http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/topics
[4] http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/resources.shtml
[5] http://www.openqa.org/wet/userForums.action
[6] http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general/browse_thread/thread/c42148aa68946039/
[7] http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Guidelines+for+Posting+to+Watir+General+Google+Group
Željko Filipin
Apr 1, 2008, 10:07:39 AM4/1/08
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I will sent this message at the beginning of every month. If you have not read it yet, please do it now.
Before posting, please read the following guidelines.Off Topic Posts
- When we can we will do our best to help you with problems and questions related to other coding conventions used in your Watir scripts.
- ruby-doc.org is a good place to look as is ruby-forum.com for general Ruby qestions.
General Posting Guidelines
- Search before posting; chances are, someone has already asked the same question.
-- Check the FAQ [5] page.
- Use standard English, not SMS or chat speak.
- Do not ask for help 'real time'. Be respectful of others; Watir users are colleagues and do not work for you; these people are volunteering their time and experience to help the community free of charge.
- Include Watir version and Ruby version
- Include Watir and HTML code.
-- Do not give too much irrelevant information. The whole HTML of your page or your entire Watir script is probably too much.
- Include the error message and the stack trace.
- Do not give too little information. Please, do not make us ask these questions again and again:
-- What are you trying to do?
-- What did you try?
-- What did you expect?
-- What do you mean by "does not work"?
- Provide the actual code you used. Do not retype it for us. We often see code with obvious typos. When we point these out, the original poster says "that wasn't the real code." At this point we don't feel like helping any more, because we have no confidence that the problem being reported actually corresponds to the real problem.
- Sign post with your real name.
- Post your question only once. If you are not getting the response you expected, consider posting additional information.
If you want to read more guidelines, check out Identifying problems and proposing solutions for the Watir community [6] thread at Watir General.- Do not ask for help 'real time'. Be respectful of others; Watir users are colleagues and do not work for you; these people are volunteering their time and experience to help the community free of charge.
- Include Watir version and Ruby version
- Include Watir and HTML code.
-- Do not give too much irrelevant information. The whole HTML of your page or your entire Watir script is probably too much.
- Include the error message and the stack trace.
- Do not give too little information. Please, do not make us ask these questions again and again:
-- What are you trying to do?
-- What did you try?
-- What did you expect?
-- What do you mean by "does not work"?
- Provide the actual code you used. Do not retype it for us. We often see code with obvious typos. When we point these out, the original poster says "that wasn't the real code." At this point we don't feel like helping any more, because we have no confidence that the problem being reported actually corresponds to the real problem.
- Sign post with your real name.
- Post your question only once. If you are not getting the response you expected, consider posting additional information.
After reading the above, and you need help with Watir, post your problem to Watir General Google group [7].
The most recent version is located at Support page [8] of Watir wiki.
Željko
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ZeljkoFilipin.com
[1] http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/topics
[2] http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/resources.shtml
[3] http://www.openqa.org/wet/userForums.action
[4] http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=007267089725385613265%3Agmydx5gtw6u
[5] http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/FAQ
[6] http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general/browse_thread/thread/c42148aa68946039/
[7] http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general
[8] http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support
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