Re: Co-operative FAQ

I read everything you write Jonathan, ......., and Howard and Sybrand et al. I would/will buy your book if/when I could find it in Edinburgh. ;-) A few points.
I think the potential reader's are the silent type. There would be a large amount of hits to a 'co-operative' FAQ. The most difficult aspect of such a system is structure. Chronological in date order of questions is useless and wouldn't help anybody.

How would the FAQ be structured? Judging from some of the questions I see asked in this forum some folks may have difficulty finding answers within a logically designed layout. e.g. Memory -> SGA -> Shared, local , UNIX -> Processes, Space -> Tablespaces -> Datafiles ->OS, a lot of them may not know where in the structure to look for their answers. I think if we (meaning you) started a (small) debate on how to structure a 'co-operative FAQ' and see what happens.
.......small steps?

George Barbour..

"Jonathan Lewis" <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:990124151.20434.1.nnrp-13.9e984b29_at_news.demon.co.uk...
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> About 3 weeks ago I posted a note volunteering
> to host a 'co-operative' FAQ, and asked for responses
> from the group, either to the newsgroup, or by direct email
> with the subject FAQ
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> Since then I have received messages from six volunteers
> prepared to write answers to questions (thank you for
> volunteering), but only one potential reader.
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> Does this bear out the suggestion from Sybrand (I think)
> that people who ask the FAQs are exactly the people
> who wouldn't bother to read the FAQ, or is there really
> no need for the effort.
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> At the current response rate, I am not going to bother.
> If you think it would be worthwhile, and useful, please
> let me know within the next two weeks.
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