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Question:Does anyone know if it is possible to determine if an asker is from the US, UK or other place if they don't disclose it and they (as most do) have blocked E-mail and IM? In some cases I've been able to look at a collection of questions from the asker to determine this, but is there an easier way?
Often questions are posed that have very different answers depending on whether you are talking US or UK. And you really can't expect someone new to realize they should identify this in their question. Is there a way to tell from profile or such, or do you just have to do detective work (sort of like genealogy!) by examining other questions and answers by the person? I do like to give help and answers relevant to the asker.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Does anyone know if it is possible to determine if an asker is from the US, UK or other place if they don't disclose it and they (as most do) have blocked E-mail and IM? In some cases I've been able to look at a collection of questions from the asker to determine this, but is there an easier way?
Often questions are posed that have very different answers depending on whether you are talking US or UK. And you really can't expect someone new to realize they should identify this in their question. Is there a way to tell from profile or such, or do you just have to do detective work (sort of like genealogy!) by examining other questions and answers by the person? I do like to give help and answers relevant to the asker.

You CAN go back, if you are generous, and sometimes there will be a prior question that fills in the blanks. But, the majority of the time, there is nothing to identify this.
It just goes with the territory, that a high percentage of persons coming in, are absolute total beginners. That isn't meant to be a criticism at ALL.. EVERYONE starts somewhere. Thus, explaining that they do need to offer something to hook on to, is often the first step. In reality... with the very newest persons, they won't be able to offer the relevant country, due to the fact that they don't have even that available.
I don't have a standard reply...tempted to, sometimes, but not yet. I do what I can to put SOME meat into what I offer, especially to let folks know that there are many options out there. Many times, the info has to be somewhat generic, since certain basics will always work ("you NEED that documentation")
Many times, the best I can do is explain enough that I hope they will take that much, and still want to come back, once they have picked up a sense of the basic.

Not easily. If they ask about, for instance, Jacob Jablonski, you can go to Google and search for "Jacob Jablonski". If the name comes up in, for instance, Yahoo! Canada Answers, you've identified the source.

I have a standard answer for the clueless with a couple of general links (LDS, RWWC, GenUKI and US Gen Web) and a warning about location that includes a reference to "kangaroos eating the roses" that I paste constantly.

If people are serious about this they will read three or four resolved questions and see the problems, then craft a decent question themselves.

Lots of the questions here come from teens who want a magic web site that will let them enter their name and give them a 12-generation pedigree chart with a family coat of arms for each surname, as easily as they can copy something out of Wikipedia and turn it in instead of doing their own homework. They are mildly interested in their family history, but not enough to do any real research. I don't spend much of my time on those types of questions; I copy my standard answer, paste and move on.

I think it would be an excellent idea for people to include their country of residence or the country that they would like help with the research for.
I'm in the UK by the way.