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How about a check box in the area where posters of new topics (questions) have to record DS version and edition and server platform (see also earlier suggestion about re-labelling this "server OS").

Check box label is "I have already searched the forum for answers".

This serves as a reminder that there's lots of answers here already. I don't really expect anyone to check it - if it works, however, hopefully folks will become less reliant on just a few of us to answer questions.

I completely agree with ray. Most of the time the answers are hidden deep in the forum, it just takes a little digging. The person clicking the " I have searched the forum" will atleast would have a made a effort looking for the answer in the forum.

... or at least feel a little bit guilty about lying about it!