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[DocAElstein]

…Sorry for not providing the complete information! The mistakes will never be repeated again……

This is not a big issue. It is no big deal. There are no formal rules about this. It is just my personal preference, that’s all. It is no big deal.

I can sometime learn from the other attempt, or get useful information from it.
More important is that I am often more able to determine at what understanding level the person asking the questions is at. So I can better Tailor my help to suit..

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…, first of all, I try to search over internet as much as possible. Still, if I don't find the exact solution I want, then only I post my problems here. Generally, I avoid to post the same problem twice, or at multiple sites, until and unless, it's necessary to do so. And If I post anything again, at other site, I always try to include the link….

That sounds like a good attitude… but that is just my opinion…

Just some notes on the ... Cross posting and Cross Posting Rule.
For the person wanting help, there can be advantages to cross post secretly. So it is obviously tempting to do it.
In most of the English speaking forums it would be detected, since a lot of senior helpers give help at most forums.
As you found out yourself , sometimes it is detected: https://www.mrexcel.com/board/thread.../#post-5495983 https://www.mrexcel.com/board/thread...value.1135674/
It is not always detected. It sometime goes unnoticed.

I have mixed feelings about it. Generally I agree with the typical cross post rule, for the obvious reasons given typically of …”providing links as soon as you cross post so that other members can see what has already been done in regards to a question, and do not waste time working on a question that may already be answered….
But sometimes in the past when someone has cross posted secretly elsewhere and obtained a solution independently to my solution, the alternative solution was very interesting to me. That solution would probably not have come about if the person asking for help had followed the cross posting rules…. In such case, for both me and the person asking the question, it was beneficial that the cross post was done secretly.
The other person giving help may have not answered if he knew of the cross post. But , like many older helping members, they answer hundreds or thousands of questions, almost from instinct, sharing the knowledge they have, but not benefiting from any question themselves, other than some imaginary feeling of having some position of authority or seniority, - like a child or computer game addict lost in some computer game.
I guess what he doesn’t know does not hurt him. When such people die, few notice, or care….. This is sad, but true. (Just recently I noticed a very senior member who had helped many thousands stopped posting at one of the major forums. I spent many weeks of investigatory search across several countries to find out that he had died. Nobody cares. Apart from me, nobody knows about him. Nobody other than me ever will know, or care about, all the details about him).

I think the most important thing is to give it some thought, that’s all. … at the end of the day, you make your choice, and live with the consequences..
Anyway, none of this is a big issue here at excelfox, not currently anyway
It is all not too important.

Just remember that at excelfox.com currently there are not many people helping.
I , for example, answer all the questions that I am able to. But I know only a small amount of the vast area that Excel and Excel VBA is. Mostly I know just a minute area of VBA. This area I do know quite well, in a small number of cases I know the subject better than anyone else, including anyone at Microsoft or even those that are responsible for the software.
Sometimes I only look in every 2-3 days. You will not often get a quick answer here. ( For example, I will have time tomorrow or the day after to look at your outstanding question ( https://excelfox.com/forum/showthrea...ple-Conditions ) )

At forums such as mrexcel.com and excelforum.com there are many hundreds of helpers active constantly. Sometimes you can get lots of great help very quickly. Sometimes you wont get any reply. Sometimes you may catch one of the many quirky frustrated psychotic mentally ill forum Moderators or Administrators on a bad day. It’s a bit varied.