On Thu, 16 Nov 1995, Ryan Watkins wrote: > > > A few people mentioned writing an faq. I think that would be a > > fantastic idea, and would really be helpful to beginning imps. > > Would certainly cut down on these "newbie" questions if there was an > > faq.... > > > > -Tai "please... write an faq? :P" > > You're not the first person to think of that. > > I wrote a Circle FAQ a while back, posted it and used to maintain it. > I nolonger have the time, and someone already has apparently taken it > over but has not produced a new version that I've seen yet. > > Its also not stopped any newbie questions. > Perhaps a reason for this is that they are unaware of its existence. For one, it should be available at the CircleMUD ftp site (I don't know if it already is.. if it is, great). Secondly, advertising pays. If it's possible, it should be written in the welcoming message to new list subscribers exactly WHERE they can get the FAQ (as well as CircleMUD itself, that seems to be the most common question :), and recommend to "newbie imps" that they should consult the FAQ first before posting their question on the list. Another problem that I've seen is that often when people ask for help figuring out why their MUD is crashing etc., they don't give much in the way of information about the problem... sometimes it's just a vague description of the circumstances of the crash, without any relevant pieces of code. Some guidelines for posting questions on code might also be included in a FAQ, or in the welcoming message (if possible). Graham Gilmore
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