# "You're a N00b!" **URL:** \ **Category:** meta\ **Created:** [April 23, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youre-a-n00b/186643 "2006-04-23T04:56:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youre-a-n00b/186643/1 "2006-04-23T04:56:57Z")
There should be some way to nicely tell somebody that they’ve, well, gone in way too deep and are trying to do something far beyond what they can. There are too many threads where people ask for tons of stuff to be done for them, not realizing how difficult it is. Yeah, so, what is the appropriate action to take when there is a thread like this? Should we report it… or use some type of **“You don’t know what you’re talking about”** tag… or what? We should make a tag like that… but nicer. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![wizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wizard)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youre-a-n00b/186643/2 "2006-04-23T06:01:33Z")
"You don’t know what you’re talking about." Or better yet, explain to them why they don’t know what they’re talking about. 😉 It’s nicer and it may actually help. ---
**Author:** ![Skinny\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Skinny\_T](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Skinny_T)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youre-a-n00b/186643/3 "2006-04-23T06:31:17Z")
I always bring up the “search button” and talk about its wonderrful abilities. ---
**Author:** ![anon1712571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youre-a-n00b/186643/4 "2006-04-23T12:20:14Z")
hahahah great idea nokky 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SlowRoasted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@SlowRoasted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SlowRoasted)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youre-a-n00b/186643/5 "2006-04-23T16:27:26Z")
Nah too much risk of offending people if there is a noob tag, or something like it. If you are too lazy to explain to them they are over their head then just let someone else do it. ---
**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youre-a-n00b/186643/6 "2006-04-23T16:37:07Z")
exactly… people come here to learn, and if we smash them with the “n00b tag”, they will get upset and leave. I always try my best to offer an answer andexplaination of how i got that answer to threads on here. ---
**Author:** ![GPP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@GPP](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GPP)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youre-a-n00b/186643/7 "2006-04-23T18:19:20Z")
**[COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Comic Sans MS]n00b: [/FONT][/COLOR]**[COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] **-------------------------** [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#336600][FONT=Comic Sans MS] You dont know what the hell your talking about! Get out of this forum :d: [COLOR=black]A[/COLOR][COLOR=black] little offensive… eh?[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] ---
**Author:** ![Voetsjoeba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ac91a4/32.png) [@Voetsjoeba](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Voetsjoeba)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youre-a-n00b/186643/8 "2006-04-23T18:31:44Z")
How about: Zoof ! There it went, over your head ! 😛 No but seriously, that would be kinda offending indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youre-a-n00b/186643/9 "2006-04-23T18:38:42Z")
Yeah, I know that would be offensive… that’s why I’m trying to come up with a nice way to do it… but I guess it kind of has to be personalized each time. I’ll let other people handle that… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Phenex](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/phenex/32/686_2.png) [@Phenex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phenex)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youre-a-n00b/186643/10 "2006-04-23T18:53:49Z")
[tag=n00b]You’re not a n00b… You’re just professionally challenged.[/tag] [tag=ofended]Were you offended? Here… Have some toilet paper! :lol:[/tag] ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youre-a-n00b/186643/11 "2006-04-23T19:02:03Z")
No… I don’t want a n00b tag. Maybe a template to base an explanation on? :lol: ---
**Author:** ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youre-a-n00b/186643/12 "2006-04-23T19:25:56Z")
Look at my post in the ‘Tag for oversized footers?’ thread, I feel the same way about this issue. ---
**Author:** ![GPP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@GPP](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GPP)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youre-a-n00b/186643/13 "2006-04-23T19:27:28Z")
I guess we need it: [http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1830434#post1830434](http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1830434#post1830434) ---
**Author:** ![GPP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@GPP](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GPP)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youre-a-n00b/186643/14 "2006-04-23T19:56:08Z")
Just kidding 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youre-a-n00b/186643/15 "2006-04-23T20:10:03Z")
Ah, it’s so mean! :lol: ---
**Author:** ![anon1712571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youre-a-n00b/186643/16 "2006-04-23T23:36:41Z")
LOL I’d say a few things- but I better not 😛 ---
**Author:** ![GPP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@GPP](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GPP)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youre-a-n00b/186643/17 "2006-04-23T23:42:51Z")
[ot] Bananas are yellow :stare: [/ot] ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youre-a-n00b/186643/18 "2006-04-23T23:45:17Z")
This was simply a stupid idea…