I have no horse in this race, but most beginner questions are covered on StackOverflow, the language docs, etc. Closing a question as a dupe (accurately) leads the asker to the answer, and centralizes the information to that one thread, making it more helpful for those who learn to search before asking.
Davin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Beginners, in general, can’t simply read a long list of things and give out which one of the things applies to their question. So simply closing as a dupe without any guidance is not good.
And even simply closing and marking as a dupe is fine. But that’s not what the person I’m responding to and I are talking about. Having someone come in and shame a beginner and then ban their account is not mentioned in your response, but is the shitty behavior that needs to change.
Aatube@kbin.social 6 months ago
I think they were talking about dupes of non-catch-all questions