Wiki style FAQ proposal

[Tom Rhodes]

On Fri, 30 May 2008 16:41:07 -0400
"Marc Spitzer" <mspitzer at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 2:29 AM, Tom Rhodes <trhodes at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, 27 May 2008 22:07:45 -0500
> > linimon at lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 12:57:37AM +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote:
> >> > In my opinion, the sgml FAQ should be limited to questions about the
> >> > project and maybe not so quickly changing technical stuff.
> >>
> >> This was my idea also the last time I looked at it (sigh) which appears
> >> to have been several years ago :-(
> >
> > With me at BSDCan actually.  And I think we (or just I?) brought
> > the idea up with Murray.  It never got off the ground sadly -
> > as have other efforts (see archives for my FAQ->Handbook patch)
> > and just a couple of weeks ago I was thinking of that FAQOMATIC.
> >
> > Then I was passed a work project and my desire to set one up
> > kind of bombed on me.
> >
> > --
> > Tom Rhodes
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> 
> I am rather fond of the way posgres does there docs/faqs, you have a
> uneditable part for consumption and below there is an area for people
> to comment on the entry:
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/index.html
> 
> it gives the editors control over the official content and anybody who
> wants to the ability to comment on it.  It also has the advantage of
> being a working system that we might be able to get for the asking.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> marc
> 
> ps back to lurking ;)
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Tom Rhodes