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Meanwhile I observed it several times, that newbies (based on their karma) have been down voted. Yes, their questions may have been such that "they are questionable". But I think, down voting newbies is not a good idea: You discourage these people from participating. Down-voting is the strongest penalty we have here in the forum -- you would not use the strongest penalty if your child (or youngest brother/sister) makes some mistake due to lack of experience. Instead of down voting, in most cases it would be much better to comment suitably, so that they are encouraged to do it better next time.

(When you are down voted right from the beginning, it takes long for your karma to recover from this.)

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Meanwhile I observed it several times, that newbies (based on their karma) have been down voted. Yes, their questions may have been such that "they are questionable". But I think, down voting newbies is not a good idea: You discourage these people from participating. Down-voting is the strongest penalty we have here in the forum -- you would not use the strongest penalty if your child (or youngest brother/sister) makes some mistake due to lack of experience. Instead of down voting, in most cases it would be much better to comment suitably, so that they are encouraged to do it better next time.

(When you are down voted right from the beginning, it takes long for your karma to recover from this.)

(Community wiki, so that everyone can edit it.)