Why questions don't get answered, or "No, I've already RTFM, tell me the answer!"

[Kam Leo]

On 12/28/05, Charles Howse <chowse at charter.net> wrote:

[snip]

> For clarity, what I mean is, if I ask a question, and you know the answer,
> but it has been asked and answered many times, I would prefer to hear:
> "That question is answered in the list FAQ, which is here <link>."
> If you know the answer, but ignore the question because it is in the FAQ,
> then aren't you increasing bandwidth consumption by causing the thread to
> continue?
>

This list does not have a FAQ. The main Fedora Core website does not
have one. Fedora Forum has a FAQ but the main site does not direct FC4
users to there. Kind of dysfunctional, no?