Re: Dealing with growing FAQs

Will Bell (wbb@netcom.com)
Thu, 30 Jun 1994 00:55:57 -0500 (CDT)

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Wilf Leblanc wrote:
>
> So, in conclusion, please try to make the FAQs *very simple*
> to traverse, since it's the new users that we are trying to
> reach. If new users won't read the FAQs, then what is the
> point of a FAQ ??

A few of the larger FAQ's I have seen (eg. comp.lang.c) are
certainly not just for the "new users". As FAQ's grow and
mature (sounds like a fine wine) they become more of a
well-documented reference work and less of a stop-gap for
newbie questions.

The best solution I've seen so far is to make a meta-FAQ
or a boiled-down document suitable for newbie which refers
to the huge doc as necessary.

-- 
Will Bell -- wbb@netcom.com -- Jean Vander Pyl fan from Arlington, TX
"BAD evening.  Who cued the stunt birds?"

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