Cross Posting
Cross Posting
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After reading the "Eng-Tips Posting Policies", i see that "Cross Posting" is a common offense.
Please help me understand why cross posting is an offense.
The person who can provide the "best" answer to a post may not frequent your typical forum.
Also, the post could be applicable to several forums.
I, personally, haven't done it, but, it was brought our attention in another post and i do not understand the offense.
Please explain...
Thank you!
Please help me understand why cross posting is an offense.
The person who can provide the "best" answer to a post may not frequent your typical forum.
Also, the post could be applicable to several forums.
I, personally, haven't done it, but, it was brought our attention in another post and i do not understand the offense.
Please explain...
Thank you!





RE: Cross Posting
For long term issues, Google seems to like eng-tips.com a lot and I for one rarely do a Google query on a technical issue that doesn't have eng-tips.com on the first page. What happens if I hit the wrong answer from Google, accept it as accurate (one thing these made-up answers have in common is that they are imminently plausible) and takes the nonsense since it supports his expectations and he starts down an unproductive (or dangerous) path. When his error is found out he will never use eng-tips.com again.
It is perfectly acceptable. to post a question in one forum, and then go to other forums, start a new thread with the same title, and post a link to the question in other forums (i.e., "I have posted a question about Bernoulli's equation in Mechanical Engineering Other (Thread xxxx), please follow the link there to participate in the discussion")
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei, Italian Physicist
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thread731*408011 (but keeping the - instead of the *) will give you:
thread731-408011: Cross Posting
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
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Good luck,
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TTFN
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FAQ731-376: Eng-Tips.com Forum Policies forum1529: Translation Assistance for Engineers
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Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)
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