Actually I know that anyone who is new to any platform for the first time is considered as a novice or newbie but it is expected that anyone who is using a platform should be able to read/write and understand but it should be noted that every platforms have either their terms of service otherwise terms and conditions or rules and regulations that guides the activities of that platform and in the forum here we have the forum rules and the forum comprises of individuals with great intellectual capacities but it's still very odd to me how some people while making posts they will be using this statement "I don't know if anyone have talked about this or have created this topic before" like it is so annoying more especially when I see some higher rank members doing this also because as someone who have been in the forum for a long time, it is expected that you are familiar with the activities of the forum and should know that before you create a topic in the forum, you are supposed to use the "search box" to check if such topics have been created, existed and discussed before and i believe that was the reason why the "search area" is there so that we don't do things out of ignorance.
I'm sure we both have same thoughts on a case like this. Some certain law outbreaks that newbies are to do and then older users would correct them is what the older members are already doing and when the newbie does that, it becomes a basket of throwing stones of criticisms.
If as an experienced member, your insight tells you that such thread you're to creat may have existed before in the forum, all you needed to do was to use the search box to justify your mindset.