A guess can be amusing, help clarify the question, or just a bump. But I actually agree with the OP that following clarification, guesses that run counter to facts established by the OP are a waste of time. But so is complaining about them.
Just a wild guess, but I think you’re including me in that list.
From the forum rules:
Ok, is that addressing my post somehow?
I assume John Mace is agreeing with the OP.
I was going to say how delightfully meta this thread was, but really this should be in ATMB if you are disagreeing with a moderator’s actions/have a complaint that people who don’t answer GQ questions factually aren’t being modded. Not least because people who hang around in GQ don’t necessarily check the Pit.
However, this is actually addressed by the GQ ruleset:
There really should be some mild mod action (verbal chiding, if nothing else) for people wasting space with guesses in GQ. If you don’t **know **the answer, don’t fucking threadshit with a stupid fucking guess. Otherwise it’s just like having two IMHO boards. If you can’t restrain yourself from guessing all the time in GQ, don’t fucking read posts there.
That wasn’t the correct answer, that was you assuming that you are all knowing and the OP must be a complete idiot. Which is very rude. If you were truly concerned that the OP was being phished, you could have asked him for some details and/or said something along the lines of “you are sure this is legit, right”. But no, you had to go prove how smart you are. :smack:
What’s a WAG?
(given the context, I’d say something like, “WildAssGuess”…but that’s just a WAG.)
Wild ass guess
Ha! Nailed it. 
Your edit wasn’t there when I answered, was it?!
No. I’m still fairly slow with the bolding and italicizing, so it took me a min to edit it. I didn’t see your post until after I had done it.
Yes. Note that my complaint is towards people whose post is the very first response in a GQ thread, and then read the rule I quoted.
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I’m confused. What are you guys talking
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There is a place for the WAG in GQ: when it is explicitly tagged as such, and provided by someone with related expertise.
People who are being phished are sure it’s legit. That’s why phishing works.
Most of those people don’t know about phishing. If you asked someone if they were sure it came from their bank and wasn’t a phishing expedition, you would be able to tell if they understood the concept. I’d also tend to believe that 99% of the people here know what phishing is.
It’s Greek for fishing, right?
Everytime I think you suffer from terminal fuddy-duddyism you demonstrate that you don’t. Phascinating.
I can’t help it. I’m from Rhode Island.