I have done similar things at pet forums in moderating/administrative roles. Some things come up repeatedly, so I just link them to it. My experience is the disruptive people generally show their hand within ten posts, usually the first one.

Trollers/spammers/other agitators love to feign ignorance. The more options left open to them, the more likely they are going to get a thread flaming, pushing as many hot topics as possible. Links such as this and FAQs, etc can identify people quicker who harbor only ill.

I'm not talking about the skeptic that has an open mind - they might change. Such a link is good for them as well. I'm thinking about those that have joined the forum solely to disrupt and waste time.

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"fanatic" is what the lazy call the dedicated