So we all know that links to a solution are lame. Links go away, so proper answers should summarize their content to future visitors.

Today, I stumbled on this, which asks the same question as here.

Except the second question about creating tables only includes some screen shots and a link to a plugin. There's no real content about how to solve the problem otherwise the first question would be unnecessary.

I love that there are ready made solutions to a lot of the questions people ask about, but should we be trying to do better than "Oh hai, here's a plugin that solves your problem. Give me all the upvotes."

I'm not above giving plugin recommendations as answers. But I see a lot of one liners.

Thoughts?

So we all know that links to a solution are lame. Links go away, so proper answers should summarize their content to future visitors.

Today, I stumbled on this, which asks the same question as here.

Except the second question about creating tables only includes some screen shots and a link to a plugin. There's no real content about how to solve the problem otherwise the first question would be unnecessary.

I love that there are ready made solutions to a lot of the questions people ask about, but should we be trying to do better than "Oh hai, here's a plugin that solves your problem. Give me all the upvotes."

I'm not above giving plugin recommendations as answers. But I see a lot of one liners.

Thoughts?