<p>The user in question seems to have an oddly Scholastic approach to the study of Statistics: putting me in mind of a medi&aelig;val monk sitting in the library poring over ancient texts to try to clarify &amp; reconcile their meanings, but lacking the conceptual apparatus that would allow him to begin to form his own judgements on the subjects they address. Furthermore, he keeps having to be prodded to give the context &amp; definitions needed to make his questions comprehensible on their own without reference to his sources.</p>

<p>As he's been on Cross Validated long enough to know better (&amp; has been told often enough), I don't think we should feel any compunction in down-voting his bad questions. Of course, like everyone else, I think we should up-vote his good questions. But I think it's fair to hold a seasoned, high-reputation user to a higher standard than one posting his first question.</p>
