>When I was a newly-made-18-year-old corporal, my C/O told me that you praise in public and criticize in private.
>It was good advice then and, while I must confess that I haven't followed it scrupulously over the years, it's still a good idea.
>I don't know what's so terrible about posting a link, but if you think that she can be more helpful by not doing that, maybe you can send her an email or call her and tell her why you think that way.
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>Meanwhile, Naomi will always be a superstar to me.

Bill, I don't think you read everything I've said here. I've said many times that Naomi makes great contributions up here. There have been times when she posted a code sample and I thought, "Wow, I never thought of trying it that way".

This would be true for anyone who is looking to take that "next step" in their craft - to develop a voice, a "brand" of their own. There's no harm per se in posting links. But framing the context can be so much more helpful. Much of what I learned about .NET came from Bonnie Berent and Cathi Gero back in 2001-2003. They posted plenty of links - but each time they also provided some commentary to help me understand why the link was so important, and specifically how it related to the original question.