Different philosophy, I guess. The testing forum is for people to experiment and figure things out. The 'How do I......' forum is for those people whom can't figure it out and are asking for help.
Basic rule of thumb is to try to figure it out on your own FIRST, then ask for help.
The whole idea of the test area is so people won't be doing their testing all over the rest of this message board. Of course, I see several examples where some people didn't figure this out either.