Possible Duplicate: What should I keep out of my posts and
titles?  Many questions state that the OP is new or unfamiliar
with a particular topic.  Is this kind of information useful?
Should it be edited out of the question?  Update labels while
checking network connection to hosts using thread is an example
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duplicate by Martijn Pieters, Bo Persson, George Stocker Jan 16
'13 at 15:12   2 Answers  That kind of information is not
useful, and detracts from the question.  It is a disguised
apology, a way of saying "sorry for the dumb question". There
really are no dumb questions, only low-quality or high-quality
questions. We all started somewhere, and if I were to ask
questions about home maintenance or french cuisine, they'd be
pretty newbie-ish. That doesn't make such questions useless to
other newcomers to the same subject.  I usually remove such
statements.  share|improve this answer add comment  It is
important to know the proficiency of the OP on