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Should this be adopted as site policy…? I'm not sure. But even if it is, we should clarify that the required degree of research is user-dependent. As a wise woman once said: I want to see some [...
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#1: Initial revision
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msh210
·
2020-07-30T12:31:05Z (almost 4 years ago)
> Should this be adopted as site policy…? I'm not sure. But even if it is, we should clarify that the required degree of research is user-dependent. As a wise woman [once said](https://judaism.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3540/do-questions-require-research#comment10527_3540): > I want to see some [research] effort but it should be calibrated to the user. Somebody who doesn't know much about Judaism might have tried to Google and failed; just tell us that and that's fine. If somebody named "Rabbi Ploni" asks something that's clearly answered in the Rashi on that very verse or is apparently unambiguous in Shulchan Aruch, and he doesn't explain why what those say doesn't answer his question, I think he needed to do a little more work. But I wouldn't expect the gentile visitor to know that Rashi, let alone that SA