Plea to the Ed

[quinie]

In the advice given you state "Although thanks should be forthcoming........" . Can you not do something about a poster who has asked over 400 questions and answered twice? He frequently duplicates questions and is reported. When someone asks for more info he never answers.Never even a please nor a thank you. It seems he's just thumbing his nose at us and showing a disgraceful lack of manners.I must admit I got a bit cross? with him and asked him why he never acknowledges any answers and requests but got no answer. People are still helping him but I've stopped.Probably nothing can be done but at least I've got this off my chest. I'm not usually a moaner,ED!!

[Old_Geezer]

You meet all sorts in the world, and that includes websites. Seems to me (s)he is asking questions, which is 50% of what the site is about. No one is forced to answer. No one is force to respond with more information when requested, nor say, "Thank you", for an answer. I'd guess if the site owner wanted to stamp out that sort of behaviour they have control.

[sir.prize]

Very true Old Geezer - it is indeed a Q & A site. But the fact still remains that if a user cannot be bothered to express thanks in some form, then they do not deserve any help. The only way to show our feelings towards these ignoramuses is to boycott them. It's highly unlikely the Ed will do anything other than to say he has no idea who we are talking about!

[MarkRae]

I can understand that some people are more affected by perceived lack of manners than others. I'm less perturbed by people who don't say thank you than those who, despite regular and polite invitation, steadfastly refuse to follow the Ed's crossword guidelines. For people who do many crosswords and enjoy helping out, these really do help enormously.

[AB Editor]

I have no idea who you are.

[MarkRae]

I am Brian, and so is my wife.

[ChuckFickens]

I'm Keyser Söze.

[AB Editor]

Nope, never heard of you.

(We are trying to improve the quality of questions asked, or will be in future updates)

[sunny-dave]

I AM SPARTACUS ;)

...and I have the big pants to prove it ...

http://www.spittinfli...images/spartacus1.jpg

[sir.prize]

Hope you don't get boycotted Ed.

[vivandorron]

Ed...I am Ron, admittedly the lesser half of vivandorron.

Nevertheless, I do think that politeness is essential in the columns of AB and Viv agrees with me on this point.

So it's....Thanks Ed for your enquiry.

Ron.

[THEMOTLEY1]

Hi Ed, I'm Motley, that person of whom you know not is taking the p!55 big time, inho.

[THEMOTLEY1]

Imho even.