Hello All

I just wanted to make this post to help people out. Newbies, Guests, and maybe even members.

I am fairly new to this site. I have not even been here one month. My first post here was made when I was yet a guest trying to find information. It was a question post.  One that, had a taken a bit of time to check the site out before posting, I could have answered myself. I have since had it removed.

I would like to suggest to all new people here, that you take a few hours and browse this site before you ask questions. You maybe be able to answer them for yourself.

Check out the Forums, both  (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) and (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links). Go to the (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) and start reading the site from the beginning.

If you still have a question from there go to the (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) and type in your question. If it is not answered there, then post a question in the (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links).

This may save you a lot of unanswered question and possibly smart remarks. I think that people get tired of answering the same thing over and over again.

I do not think that they are trying to be mean by not answering. I think it just gets old for them.

So do yourself a favor. Do the older (I mean this by membership time not age ) members a favor. And last but not least, do db a favor. Exhaust all other avenues of answering your question before posting it.

You may just find that you answer your own questions. There is a massive amount of information here. If you can not find it then ask. But please try to find it first.

I truly believe this is the best help that I or anyone else here can give to a newbie.

From one newbie to all others!

Mark

One thing to note regarding searches: be sure to adjust the "days to search" (or similar), from the default of 7 to, say 700 or so.

Db, would it be a good idea (or possible) to change that default to something longer? I think a lot of well-intentioned searches come up short because folks don't catch that. Just a thought.

Ranger

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Ranger, Thank you. I had forgotten to add the days to search bit.

Mark

The board's search function is very good at defining parameters for a search to find exactly THE single post you remember. It also shows you the entire results (including pictures), so you have to (can) scroll through looking for your search term in context if you get a lot of results.

If you enter 7000 here, your search will take over a minute as it rips through every post ever written. Use the Google site search (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) and in less than a second you'll be scrolling through your search terms in context.

Currently, Google has 53,400 pages from this site in it's index. I didn't even know QJ had that many pages. Google gave me that information in 0.23 seconds.

The only thing of relevance it does not index in a ~week or so is the Inukshuk forum, member list...    7 days is adequate for guests and members who want up to date info. There's really no such thing on this site.

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Welcome aboard Seasoned_Warrior!

This is why I elected to set up a base camp here.  I daytrip from time to time on other sites, but this one gets 99% of my energy and focus for these very reasons.

I think it proves that the wilderness will shape us, if we let it.  This is a community full of those who let the wilderness shape them, rather than the other way around.