to paste a link or a written spontaneous explanation to a new user?

If I see a new user who really wants to understand how to go about things here then I will explain at lenghth and then paste a link showing where I got my information from. I will then keep the page open and hope that they come back and comment, maybe adding some more queries or doubts. If I hear nothing back from them then it is very unlikely that I will do anything more than pasting a link the next time that they ask. If a user is old enough to read, write and type then they don't need spoon-feeding anymore either

Hello and welcome to myLot. Personally I have yet to only paste a link, as I am one to give a great deal of detail. I don't think that only pasting a link would suffice as a response. Now I can see if the responders finds that many explained the topic clearly and not wanting to duplicate a response and then going into a box where perhaps it was going to be the same response and saying something like, I also believe this as well and here is a link that can also support your response, or something like this with the link. On the left side while entering a response it does say to "Please be as descriptive as possible." So this is what I tend to do with all my participation.