12-09-2017, 04:04 AM | #46 |
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There are a lot of people asking a lot of questions where the answer is location specific. It's getting tiresome to read "Where are you from?" questions. Just make location mandatory and let those questions go away and let the help come sooner than waiting for the OP to answer.
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12-09-2017, 04:11 AM | #47 |
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Making location mandatory will only result in false information being entered.
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12-09-2017, 09:31 PM | #48 |
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Maybe we could have a sticky in the "which one should I buy" forum that tells people in order to get the best help, they should provide basic information including their country (because not all products and services are available in every location); price limit (because there's no point in recommending a $200 product to someone who has only a $100.00 budget), and any other such things that come up over and over again.
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12-09-2017, 09:49 PM | #49 | |
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12-10-2017, 04:33 AM | #50 |
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12-10-2017, 05:18 AM | #51 |
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12-11-2017, 02:29 PM | #52 |
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I see nothing wrong (hazardous) with posting a geographic region.
I use a generic, that resolves pretty much to the north end of a Northern California County. There are only a couple of Million people here |
12-11-2017, 03:11 PM | #53 |
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12-11-2017, 04:49 PM | #54 |
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12-11-2017, 04:50 PM | #55 |
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I see no reason for just putting in the country. That's enough for us to answer questions where the answer depends on what country. So putting in just UK, AU, USA, CA is enough.
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12-11-2017, 04:58 PM | #56 |
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12-11-2017, 05:16 PM | #57 |
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I agree. I go with Seattle Metro. It's roughly a 100-mile stretch along I-5 from Olympia to Everett with a population of nearly 5 million people.
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12-11-2017, 06:15 PM | #58 |
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12-11-2017, 06:32 PM | #59 |
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I owned the place, I'd make location mandatory for new members, with a notation such as "Actual preferred; out of your favorite novel, also fine."
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12-12-2017, 11:00 AM | #60 |
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I agree also country should be a must.
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