Wiring a ceiling light fitting

[JohnW2]

The only helpful thing to do, and the only responsible thing to do, is to help people to acquire the knowledge and understanding which they MUST acquire, not to just use them as a remote controlled device. The only helpful and responsible thing to do is to continually press home the message that there is absolutely no acceptable alternative to acquiring that knowledge before they start actually doing things.

We are more than well aware of your idealistic (and well-intentioned) view. Do I take it that you feel that no question of the form "how do I do X?" should ever be answered, other than with advice about how to gain education, knowledge and understanding?

Kind Regards, John

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I don't see that the two are necessarily mutually exclusive.

Why can't "How do I do X?" be answered by "here is how X works"?

Why does it have to be "do A then B then C" which does not teach the questioner any understanding, and does nothing to help them grow?

 

[JohnW2]

Why can't "How do I do X?" be answered by "here is how X works"?

It often can, and when I answer questions, I do attempt to include specific explanations - which does not seem to be something you often do.

What I don't do, and what I do not feel is realistic or helpful, is to answer a question about a real-time specific issue by posting an extensive reading list which many OPs would take to imply that they have to undertake weeks, months or years of studying before they can get their living room lights (or whatever) working.

Kind Regards, John

 

[securespark]

That is un-fair. Et cetera...

Feed ye not the Sheds.

He is capable of spouting forth his rhetoric without encouragement!

There seems little mileage in one electrician complaining repeatedly about how another electrician responds to users' questions.

Cept Ban isn't a spark.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

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