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Re: About that FAQ ...
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 28 Dec 1998 22:25:16 GMT
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jthompson@*ihatespam*teubner.com
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Todd Lehman wrote:
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> Nephilim <jthompson@teubner.com> writes:
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> > [...]
> > There's a possible answer, though. Create a new LUGNet
> > LEGO FAQ, using no material from Tom's r.t.l FAQ. [snip]
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> Say, Jeff, what do you think about a special multi-FAQ where questions (and
> their answers) could appear in multiple newsgroups? That is, what if you
> were to restructure the "main" FAQ something like this?--
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> Main FAQ file =
> Header
> List of questions/answer pairs
> Trailer
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> Question/Answer pair =
> List of newgroups this Q/A pair appears in
> Question
> Answer
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> That is, a new main FAQ file could have a zillion Q/A pairs, each of which
> could appear (or not appear) in any newsgroup. So each newsgroup
> could have a slightly different FAQ specially tailored to it, but
> questions appearing in two newsgroups would have a single
> maintenance location.
>
> [technical details snip]
This is an excellent approach to a LUGNET Faq.
Which, I have grown convinced, is the bigger need. An r.t.l
alt-faq can easily grow out of such a thing as well, but a
LUGNET faq fairly screams from the sort of cooperation I think
would make a broad, strong and regularly updated FAQ.
--
jthompson@teubner.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"
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| (...) Say, Jeff, what do you think about a special multi-FAQ where questions (and their answers) could appear in multiple newsgroups? That is, what if you were to restructure the "main" FAQ something like this?-- Main FAQ file = Header List of (...) (26 years ago, 28-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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