Yeah I totally agree -- I find no end of amusement how a large portion of answers in #vim are simple :he $ANSWER. For a couple reasons actually:

1. Amazingly the documentation covers that odd topic!

2. Just knowing where to search is a big enough task a whole chatroom has essentially devoted itself to it.

3. No one thinks it odd that vim is a big enough, esoteric enough space that being a fancy search bot doesn't bother people.

:)