(POlitely asks) is there any chance people could use archived search a bit more?

[lowcalCOD]

as we are having a lot of new threads that are already covered at length ( baby pasta spring sot mind)

Yes, that was my point really Beety, though I rambled a bit- it's the questions that you can't really discuss much, where posters just need information.

Puff - the prostitute thread

I agree tamum there are some qs Icant be arsed o post advice on for that reason
sleep, high chairs and so on and some are covered int he mn guides

or also how to go form a bottle to a beaker
yawn

Aah, Beety, that just shows how grown up your children are...you see, Organix used to do lovely tiny pasta starts that cooked in a trice, but they have been withdrawn within the last couple of years....

If you can't be arsed to post, then don't.

Don't see the prob really. If it is a subject you don't want to post on as you've been there and done that before, then don't.

I also find the search thing hard to use sometimes and so if i can't find what i want first time i will start my own thread.

crikey - apart from the occasionally chatty threads - surely EVERY topic has been covered parenting-wise, so therefore why should ANYONE post something they want to know about...

This board was started so people could post their current concerns, whether it's baby pasta, GF, breastfeeding, bottles or nappies!

Anyway - perhaps we should just see a marketing opportunity and create a MN brand of baby pasta - clearly there are 109 current potential purchasers!!!

Surely lots of people come on MN just to HAVE a bit of contentious discussion, because their own lives are so bloody dull and they rarely speak to other adults (that's me).

Blu: I'm sorry if I offended with the 'foreskin police' remark - but the man that posted obviously watches MN for discussions on circumcision so that he can say things like 'Shame on you' to mothers who may have a legitimate reason for asking a question. So it was just a jokey way of trying to support the original poster.

Long live continually revived discussions about baby pasta, juice, nappies, wipes etc etc..

Now off to check out last night's prostitution thread .

Things like high chairs & baby pasta - fair enough, could search.

For behavioural stuff, fo example, you'd be there for ever. I started a thread a while ago about my troublesome 6 year old and WWW very kindly linked to a couple of similar past threads with lots of invaluable advice. That kind of help from an "oldie" is great .

tamum - I agree; the info probaly is there - it is also all ofver the net too. So, maybe we don't need a board at all. Maybe we should all just refer to the info that is already provided elsewhere. But we don't. I want up to date info, relating to specific stuff asked, and I can't be doing with search through loads of old threads.

Cod - that is still 109 messages! Much easier to just write a new thread.

I personally have no worries about restating info I have given in the past if I think it is relevant.

Really can't see the problem. If someone starts a new thread - either reply or don't, or link to your own past statements. Easy really.

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And is it really so much of an issue???

Topics already covered, so no more threads need:

Controlled Crying
Sleep problems
Weaning
Teething
Discipline
Beheaviour problems
SN issues
How to cope if a relationship falls apart
Being pregnant
Morning sickness
Which highchair to buy
How to get pregnant
TTC issues
Which summer holiday

....

Get the idea????

If we used this train of thought, there'd be NO mumsnet left! How many problems are really entirely new?

Come on all - surely every poster and every post is valid!

Morningpaper - - I wasn't meaning to give a hard stare in any particular direction, honest!

lol

Anyway, look how keen we are to discuss absolutely anything - not just baby pasta, but whether the babypasta archives are of any use....over 40 posts so far

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I do get where cod is coming from. Sometimes there is really useful info in the archives that is just being missed. Take colic for example, a new member might start a thread abotu colic and not get many replies because maybe there isn't anyone around with particular knowledge/expereince at that time BUT if they searched the archive they'd find some really useful info/past threads. It would be a shame if they missed that. I also don't post on lots of the 'please help child waking at 4.30/too early' because I must have written replies to that about 100 times. My not looking at the archives you could be missing out on some really good info

CODDY

I think that everyone should remember how they felt when they first came accross mumsnet.

And that we should welcome new posters

If they ask a question that has only just finished being answered

That they should not be told to look in old messages or

"Oh no not again!!"

IMHO I think that attitude that is very unfriendly and will put off new members and will make them think they have done something wrong and that mumsnet is only for the people who have been here for years.

If you do not want to answer a question or welcome new people don't go on that thread.