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in reply to RE: RE: XYZ Questions
in thread XYZ Questions

I'll respond to your second point first, about withholding the code: you are responding to someone else's comment. I have not problem with people withholding their code. Sure, it might make things easier, but whether they do or not is really up to them. Some questions do not even need example code. If I need some, I will ask.

As to the first point,

That seems like a terribly unfair assumption. There are many people who can craft good useful code who can't write worth a damn. You shouldn't penalize them for it, especially considering how many developers speak English as a second language.
I don't think I am penalizing them, I am just going on the assumption that coding takes attention to detail, and writing a question does as well. There are differnces between bad questions, good questions, and questions written by people with English as a second language:

I'm naturally going to assume the latter two people are slightly better at writing code, and at a more advanced level, than the first one.

In general, it's better to err on the side of assuming the questioner does not know very much, for these reasons: