I never cease to be fascinated by the process of posting on a forum, particularly when responding to requests for help. Often you are given very little information to begin with about what the member is intending to make, so that the replies painstakingly set out, might eventually turn out to be irrelevant.
In fact as more details come to light, the project might appear to be a non-starter, but will have generated a great deal of advice. My hero is the person who is able to spot this. Admirably, the enquirer is not usually deterred, but rallies to find a new approach.
I also find it helpful to know their name and therefore their sex, because although it might be politically incorrect to say so, they will be starting from a different place. Dennis.