Google this

[Akshitaag]

Someone is asking a question in an issue/pr thread whose answer can be found on google.Respond with a gt(google this) : /gt search string will return the link of answer to that question.Saves maintainers time of answering questions that can be found on google easily.

P.S: I am an rgsoc aspirant 2018 and would wish to work on this idea.

[gr2m]

Technically, this is a cool idea!

From the perspective of the person asking the question, a "google this"-response could be perceived as unfriendly / unwelcoming. I understand the underlying problem here that people should do their research first before asking questions that are only a google search away, but by making /gt a first-class feature in the Probot community we are risking to setting a tone which does not align with our efforts to make the community as welcoming as possible.

But it’s still a cool idea for a bot, maybe some other people would like such a bot, it would be an interesting experiment and a good starting point to play around with Probot :)

[Akshitaag]

Hii ,
Actually the idea is not just to respond "google this " but /gt (search query) which will in fact generate a link in the comments specifying the details of the term the person has asked for.

[xbauquet]

The idea is really nice. But maybe the bot could give a few links about similar questions found on google with a message saying something like:

"Hi, Here are some links about related questions found on google. They could help you with your issue while waiting for an answer.".

This could help both the maintainers and the person that needs help. And it's kind of a nice way to tell them to search google.

[Akshitaag]

Thanks! That's a great add-on to our idea.We will surely incorporate this too in our idea. :)

[Berkmann18]

@xbauquet That would definitely help both parties.