I don't think it's fair to call him a random user. He's a regular of the forums with over 6k posts. Plus, it wasn't just this one user. On the forums, one of the admins directly made their opinion of how to handle new users clear, boiling down to let them experience trial by fire. Yes, Arch is and should be difficult. But that doesn't mean it should be made extra difficult by listing out incredibly esoteric options for each step and leaving the user to research every single one. That is ridiculous and will only get worse with time. You shouldn't have to research every weird fringe file system and a half dozen weird boot loader to find out that most people are using ext4 or btrFS and Systemd-boot or Grub. Just some pointing to good paths. It's one thing to RTFM, it's another to RTF all the Ms for everything ever, which I think you agree with by saying

> It should only link to pages that are absolutely necessary to be read and any further diving should happen from the linked pages

I know when I first installed arch in 2014 I used the beginner's guide, which was much easier to follow. And, yeah, I did have at least some experience with Ubuntu before that, but not very much. I'd largely disliked Linux up to that point because installing software was a major PITA (adding PPAs is still a PITA, and now we have the mess of Snap, Flatpack, AppImages, etc. on top of it) and after getting Arch actually working I found a system that made things convenient to the point of justifying the work, plus it let me customize the heck out of my system (i3wm, RT kernel for making music, etc.)