Notice to read properly before responding...

[joko]

A notice before pressing submit saying, 'please ensure you have read the question properly and understood what the poster means before responding'

I know it should go without saying but its seems some need reminding.

It is very tedious and exasperating to ask a question and try to be throuough and clear about what you mean and what you want, to have to keep reiterating and pointing things out and explaining to each new responder - things that are clarified in the OP - because people have clearly just scan-read it, taken it out of context and jumped in with a knee-jerk reaction, based on one sentence or point, or simply to tell a little story that is vaguely related to the general subject matter...
Or to automatically gainsay what you have said - it is not possible or necessary to include every nuance and variation of a topic, so there is no need for people to jump and point them ALL out every single time...
it should be a given that each question refers to the individual point raised and does not require the shoe-horning in of every possible permutation or eventuality...
it is also not possible to continually acknowledge that you are maybe generalising and know that not everyone is the same in every sentence either...

so just a note reminding people to stick to the point raised in the question and to be sure they understand it...?

[ummmm]

Impossible.

[cazzz1975]

people enjoy their freedom of expression. some questions can be interpreted in a variety of ways.

[carrust]

What is everyone having for their Sunday dinner? :-)

[carrust]

Stew & dumplings & apple pie........

[DTCwordfan]

And threads evolve in mysterious ways, some on target, some amusingly so, some at complete tangents, and long may it continue, frustrating that it may be at times. That is part of the "joy/attraction" of being an ABer.

[woofgang]

joko, have you run to of medication again?

[Voulez-vous]

Really long posts are usually just skimmed for relevant facts. Fact.

Being more concise may help.

[mrs.chappie]

Tedious and exasperating? Heck no....at least, not for me.

[sara3]

well I think joko will agree that I'm a bit too thick to understand such posts..

[DTCwordfan]

Long responses? How about long, convoluted questions? ^

[Euphemia]

Sounds just a little bit Draconian.

[joko]

mmm...well psace cadet, thats exactly what i mean... you seem to have decided i mean something totally different from what i said...

dt...didnt say anything about long responses... i mean ill informed ones that bear no relation to the question asked... and sometimes a long question is necessary to explain fully in the first instance and try to prevent the inevitable replies asking for further clarification...

sara i have no idea....


and again another example...and accusation of being draconian... i make a suggestion to show a simple basic note to remind people to consider their responses a bit more, to save big long convoluted threads that repeat themselves and can become frustrating and eventually die having got nowhere... and its treated like i have issued an terrible order under pain of death or something...sigh...

[joko]

DT, yes i agree sometimes they can be great threads, but sometimes when you have a serious issue, and you are battling with people who are attacking for something they have misconstrued, the OP gets lost and you end up with a row and no proper answers

this is not directed at anyone in particular, more an observation

[DTCwordfan]

Succinctness helps

Next we would be seeing a legal disclaimer as well.....a la legal and medical warnings.

[joko]

and i agree it probably would have no effect on a lot of people, some will always jump to conclusions at the drop of a hat, but if just some bear it in mind and just re-read a q before leaping in and flying off the handle over some imaginary slight, then itd be a lot better site