To thank or not to thank

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Francis Hookham

We post questions and you answer them.

The essence of posting questions is to be concise.

Should we therefore waste your time by posting a 'Thank you'?

I am not sure what is the netiquette in this case.

fh
 
Should we therefore waste your time by posting a 'Thank you'?
fh
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Posting a 'Thank you' indicates that the question has been answered to
a satisfactory extent and that there is no more need for suggestions/
ideas. Oh, yeah, it also shows appreciation for the time people take
to respond to these questions. But thats just my opinion.

David
 
Francis

There are very people in this world who do not appreciate a "Thank you".


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 
Personally, it bothers me not whether someone posts a follow-up thanks or
not. Sometimes, when more than one option is offered by different
responders, it is nice for the archives to know which was the solution that
best fitted the question. But even here, it is moot IMO.

We know when people are really happy with our help ... they come back for
more.

Bob
 
If the post is helpful to you, please select YES or NO. Sometimes I'm not
sure if the things I've posted are useful or not. But honestly, it really
doesn't make any difference to me. I'm learning as well.
 
At the absolute worst, I can't imagine it would not be a waste of anyone's
time to add simple follow-up.

Also, "be concise", sure, but also clear !

Regards,
Peter T
 
Peter,
I was trying to work out if my response to that sentence should be a Yes or
a No.
Maybe you should stick to writing VB/VBA, rather than English. <g>

NickHK
 
Hi Peter,

'-------------
LOL!

this doesn't read as intended -'-------------

And there was I thinking that you had either become an
arch cynic, or that you were promulgating a new code of
ethics! <vbg>
 
Oh dear, when my English comes out like that it strongly suggests I should
avoid VB/VBA altogether until my not's get un-knotted!

If you were to have agreed with my intended contention that a small note, eg
a thank you or a 'that works', and if appropriate any clarification to
conclude the topic, is not a waste of time (the OP's concern) you may indeed
have responded with a Yes <g>

Regards,
Peter T
 
Hi Norman,
And there was I thinking that you had either become an
arch cynic, or that you were promulgating a new code of
ethics! <vbg>
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:-)

Actually, I have learnt from the great spin doctors of out time, that if one
wants to succeed in promulgating anything it's best to obfuscate as much as
possible!

Regards,
Peter T
 
Personally, I would never expect any thanks for offering advise in this or
any NG.
Similarly, I would not expect OPs to complain and rant if they do not
receive the desired level of help/speedy reply/complete app written for
them.

Some indication that the matter is settled is always worthwhile, for the
benefit of the thread/archive if not the responders.

NickHK
 
We post questions and you answer them.

The essence of posting questions is to be concise.

Should we therefore waste your time by posting a 'Thank you'?

I am not sure what is the netiquette in this case.

fh
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On the whole, I think a "Thank you" is appropriate. One reason I say
this is that this newsgroup strikes me as being a very polite,
friendly group. By contrast, in comp.lang.c if a newbie posts a
question they are as likely to get a snide "read the FAQ" or "why
don't you google before posting?" as they are to get an answer
(caveat: this is a subjective impression based on a relatively small
amount of lurking). In this group you often see basically the same
question cropping up 2 or 3 times a month which has a 1 or 2 lines of
VBA solution which could be found in a minute or so of googling.
Nevertheless, many of the regular posters give a quick reply with no
attempt to belittle the newbie. I think that a good sprinkling of
"thank you"s helps to maintain the tone of the newsgroup.

I also think that the appropriateness of a thank you varies in
proportion to the difficulty of the question. If the answer is
somethink like "why don't you try Range("A1").Interior.ColorIndex = 3"
or some similar 1-liner it is no big deal if that abruptly ends the
thread. On the other hand, some responses involve writing and
debugging 50 - 100 line programs and thus represent a significant
effort on the part of the responder, and it would be downright rude
not to thank them for their effort.

Those are my 2 cents.

-John Coleman
 
Personally, I would never expect any thanks for offering advise in this >or any NG.
Similarly, I would not expect OPs to complain and rant if they do not
receive the desired level of help/speedy reply/complete app written for
them.
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i like nick's approach.
it is helpful, though, especially for us not-quite-newbies-but-not-
gurus-either to know whether or not our ideas worked.
:)
susan
 
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