Past incarnations do count.Jon C. wrote:Is that just for this life Jim, or can we count previous incarnations?jim stone wrote:we've followed this convention in the past.
When giving advice, especially to newbies,
say how long you'be been playing Irish flute.
We had a problem where people were getting
advice from folks playing a couple of months
or whatever, who weren't saying so.
Please let's continue it, as a courteousy
to those asking for help.
Of course longevity is no guarantee of good advice,
nor is relative newness necessarily a disqualification.
I've been playing hard for four and one half years,
in case anybody wishes to know.
Note I wrote:
'Of course longevity is no guarantee of good advice,
nor is relative newness necessarily a disqualification. '
Folks have been saying the same thing by way of criticism
somehow! Repeatedly.
I'm convinced nobody is likely to dismiss advice that
really seems helpful because the giver is relatively
new, nor are we so moronic as to follow advice that
seems daft, because the giver has been playing
a decade or whatever.
No, this info is no proof of anything (surprise, surprise!)
but it can be helpful to a newbie to know whether
the info giver has been at it for two months or
twenty years. People who post the first time
may not have much experience with this
or any board. They are unlikely to search the
board to get to know the advice givers, who
may also be newbies both to the flute and
the board. No, it isnt 'bravado.'
Just a helpful courtesy to newbies.
No, it doesn't require giving a resume. You can do it
in maybe three or four words ('playing five years.')
No, it's not a substitute for common sense
or taking things with a grain of salt or.........
We have no squadron of Cossacks to enforce this.
Just something we've done in the past that's
proved easy and helpful.