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>>>But the thing here is that the original question was not formulated correctly. Nevertherless I figured that Jay was after parsing the color into its RGB components and thus sent him a link. He sort of dismissed it and sent several people shooting in the wrong direction. Then Marcia posted the same thing (essentially) and got starred. I found this a bit unfair.
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>>FWIW, when I ask a question, I'll always look first at the self-contained solutions before considering anything that are primarily links.
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>>Not exactly related, but I think there's a lot of value to the community in having things explained multiple times by different people, and posting links as solutions doesn't aid that effort.
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>>Tamar
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>Disagree with you here. Link to a solution is a legitimate solution, in my opinion.
I know you think that. I'm just pointing out that at least to me, a message with an explanation or answer is of more value than a message with a link.
The bigger point I'm trying to make is that we all gain by reading more than one explanation of the same issue. Sometimes, the way person A explains makes more sense to person B, while the way person C explains makes more sense to person D. Sometimes, it's just about having the information reinforced.
I think there is a place for links, especially when the answer is long or complex. In that case, linking to an article or website makes sense. But for a brief solution, one that takes only a paragraph or two, I think having someone write the answer out contributes more to both the community as a whole and the person providing the solution than posting a link.
Tamar
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