im new to the taxidermy business my self,when i started coming to this site i thought there would be some very good info and a few good taxidermist that could help out new taxidermist if they was in a bind with a question or prob,but it seems to me that most of the guys just get bashed for asking a question,that to you all mite seem petty and not worth answering,but to us new artist who and i quote have not payed our dues,could helps us out on one our our mounts,as said in other post why bash the new guys,if you dont have the answer,why make a smart a-- remark about it,this forum is getting very bad at bashing,maybe they need some good moderators in here to clean it up a bit. and yes you can bash me for posting this,just remember you all also was knoiw as a newbie to.
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I have been on here off and on since its creation. What some times is interpeted as rude or harsh answers pertain to the fact that if someone just typed their question in the search window (orange button) and hit search that they would get all the answers. not just the one wfrom whoever happened to be on today. this would mean you got more answers as well as more information for far less work and wait time. Yes we all were newbies at some point even George. LOL People also read too much into the written word and place expressions where it may not have been intended. That being said welcome aboard. Ken doies a great job enforcing the rules as he can find time. He has far more to do that police us as we should all be grown up but we should all use the site as it was intended and that does include the orange button. But as i stated welcome aboard and keep at it.
1. You do not have any new questions that have not been asked before. They may be new to you, but not to the archive. I have even asked them myself. The answers to every question ever asked is in the archive, there are no new questions under the sun, please use the search button. If then you do not find what you are looking for, ask away, and we will show you where to find it in the archives.
2. Do not let some print on your monitor get under your thin skin. You are miles away in front of your computer, how can you get hurt?
3. I bet even you have treated someone in your family with short blunt answers in the past.
4. Expect to do your own homework around here. It is no different from when you went to school. If you have a tough technical question, someone will help.
5. Never look a gift horse in the mouth. Even if you do not like the horse.
The other day I directed to the search button someone who wanted to know "how to attach a skull to a panel". That has to be the most often asked question. I thought I would get 1000 strings on the topic, but around 100 showed up. I really like to help someone new, but it is ridiculous to re-invent the wheel everytime someone asks a FAQ. We live in the information age, and it is often taken for granted. I would have given an "arm and a leg" for information on this site when I was new. Unfortunately, the only computer around then was probably being developed by NASA!
Doug, I started checking out this site a couple of years ago and what I found is you just have to ask the right questions. I didn't know about the orange search button because it didn't come up on the page I had entered from. I was very glad when someone told me because it opened up tons of info to me. Many people just ask broad ill defined questions and yes they get smart alec remarks. What would you expect? I have found that if you ask specific semi-intelligent questions with a level of humbleness and a thankful attitude, you'll get great responses from some very experienced taxidermists.
but that has to be the longest sentence ever posted on here.
thats right 99.9 of taxidermists are dik heads that think they know it all and only got that way from knowing everything in the first place. they never need help on taxi net so WHY THE HELL DO YOU...
just find the ones that are willing to help an the hell with the rest.
ps not a bad idea on the moderators, but i dont think taxi.net has the balls. they only edit what they want, kinda like the oklahoma taxi show thing, ya thats right you sure did pull the truth fast huh. didnt want anyone to know the real deal, where i come fron these are known as liberals!!
the man farmer dan that dont know every thing but will help when he can.
why do yall get on this site if all the questions are already answered?I think your a bunch of know it alls and think your better then others.
What good is a question and answer forum if you are not allowed to ask questions? If every question already has an answer then why do they allow people to post?
For you people that have smart comments to someone who is wanting to learn. Why are you even lookin at the post in the first place, If all the answers to every question is already there in the archives. If you say your not going to find any new questions then why are you even on here just to tell someone how stupid they are for leaving a question. I was always taught if you have a question but never ask then how will you learn. So if you can have the time to leave a smart a-- comment then you should have time to leave a good answer to their question.
is the one not asked.
Someone once suggested that once I get a good feel for who answers questions honestly and in a way that I understand, I should search my question and add that person's name. It has helped me a lot to search this way. Of course, I seem to come up with 10 more questions for every question I search, but each thread provides more info.