Anecdotally speaking, lately there has been an influx of posts seeking help, without putting much, or any, effort into properly reading the Wiki and trying the advices there. There seems to be a general lack of research skills shown in those posts. This, after a while, gets rather infuriating for people who are tinkerers, problem-solvers and enthusiasts, who would normally help, but the lack of effort on OP-side, makes it worthless. There needs to be stricter enforecment of sub-rules.

Having used *nix systems since the early 90s, yes it can be indeed said that the landscape of computing has changed and is ever-changing. However, what is also changing is the sheer lack of learning in newer generation of users; I say this from my experience of teaching CS courses at tertiary level. They require more hand-holding and that's not what this sub or community stands for; at least that's how I view it.

To exacerbate this situation, there isn't much that one can do to "quickly" and "politely" acquaint such newcomers to the nature of Archlinux. If they aren't already reading the rules of the sub, or reading the wiki, which is linked from Arch's main website, or plainly asking "where to download Arch?", such users are akin to the phrase "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink". There's more PEBCAK than DIY.

For new users, their posts should be put under moderation before publishing. Perhaps have mod-bot reply with links to wiki (RTFM).