Re: Do we need a "Start Here" FAQ on Newusers?
Steve Summit (scs@eskimo.com)
Wed, 11 Feb 1998 19:13:58 -0800 (PST)
In <199802112114.PAA07407@hueco-e.rsn.hp.com>, Danny R. Faught wrote:
> Coyt D. Watters wrote:
>> Or perhaps the first response from anyone wanting to answer should be
>> "Did you check the FAQ?"
>
> Yes, if that isn't the pat response, you have to wonder why people
> want a FAQ in the first place. After a few years of posting mine, it
> still isn't a part of the psyche of most of the group's participants.
Don't despair; my experience is that it *takes* a few years.
I've been posting a FAQ list to comp.lang.c for about 8 years
now, and although it's definitely "a part of the psyche" of the
group's regular participants now, it wasn't so right away.
Steve Summit
scs@eskimo.com