I can give you a hundred examples about basic a frequently asked questions, I had 26 rejections today.
Believe me, before I reject a question with "basic" or "frequently asked question" I searched myself to be certain that it is not just a feeling, I usually use the words given in the subject or content to search with.
And if I get a lot hits and find already among the first 10 one or more right answers, then you can certainly not blame me for being to restrictive.
Redundant information does not add value. How often do you buy the DVD of the Hobbit? Probably just once, even you intend to watch it several times. It does not add value to you if you buy it 4 times and have one copy in each room.
The moderators cannot look into the people, we cannot differentiate between those who really learn from those just being lazy. Some are so lazy that they even hide important information, while on the other hand the discussion finally has 40 or more replies until the solution is there. This does not add any value to the forum either, as people are not going to read 40 replies to find an answer, especially if 38 replies are needed to get the piece of information that was not given initially.
And by the way, even I am working in a big organization, I would rather describe me as a generalist instead of a nerd or one-track specialist. We have 2 real ABAPers, but 90% of us functional consultants know ABAP and use it for our user exits and forms. For us it is long time reality to be a generalist, especially as we already have 4 times more plants than application consultants and we will soon have another cut 25%.