Re: The FAQ system approaches obsolescence. What do we do now?

Bernhard Muenzer (mue@gsf.de)
Fri, 9 Dec 1994 19:55:04 +0100 (MET)

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jsewell@iu.net (Joe Sewell) wrote
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> It really depends on how "spread out" your FAQ is. So far I've got an
> "Introduction to Sentai" FAQ for alt.tv.sentai. When I wrote it, there
> wasn't anything else out there to reference (well, maybe the Power Rangers
> FAQ, but...). From my point of view, Webbing it would be a waste of time;
> about the only thing I'd get out of it is styled text.
>
> Now, though, there's at least one Web page dealing with the subject. I
> could very easily refer to it, which could justify the HTML version. On
> the other hand, I only have a PPP connection to the net. I'd have to find
> a Web server willing to put my page up. (My service provider MIGHT be able
> to do that; I don't know.) For my FAQ, it's more trouble than it's worth
> right now.

There's no need for you to write a HTML version of your FAQ, but
Your FAQ is already on the web; the URL is something like
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/tv/sentai/intro-faq.html

Furthermore, the string
http://www.primenet.com/~gridman/sentai.html
in your FAQ has been automagically transformed into a link to that page.

And netscape converts this URL into a link within its newsreader; so a click
on that URL opens the referenced document.

So you have already written a hyperlinked FAQ without noticing it :-)

With best regards,

Bernhard Muenzer

GSF - Forschungszentrum fuer Umwelt und Gesundheit GmbH PUC Neuherberg Phone: +49-89-3187-2425 85764 Oberschleissheim FAX: +49-89-3187-3369 Germany e-mail: mue@gsf.de

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