> It's a good idea, but I don't think it will help a great > deal. The main > problem with frequently-occurring questions is that the > askers haven't > read the manual, the man pages, the web page, the FAQ or searched the > mailing list archives. In context, a Wiki would just be one > more thing > for them not to read :-) I remember back in December 2005 I
Yes, for sure. And you see that in pretty much any community like this, whether is is "professional", "academic" or "hobby". They all struggle with similar issues. Suggestion is to provide somewhere that information can be collected together by pretty much anyone, distributing the load off the developers who have much more important things to be doing. Like making the code faster :-) > That said, there are frequently occurring questions whose > answers are in > the above documentation sources, but not easy (or apparently easy) to > find. It would be nice to be able to say when someone couples ions to > temperature baths independently "see > http://www.gromacs.org/wiki/should_i_couple_a_few_ions_to_a_he > at_bath". > Also being able to put one's mailing list answer up there straight away > would be useful. Yes, that is what I was thinking it would help out with. Common question is asked on the emailing list, one of the people who respond, writes up a response which can then be added to the wiki, arranged in an easy to find location. Material is easily updated in the future, more details added, links to things etc. No idea if it would help, but it is a good option out there available. There are then all the issues with abuse of the wiki and all those admin related things. But there are ways to fix things like that. >It does require someone to take some charge of the organisation of the data on it, however. Certainly does. Notice the hand up offering to give back to the GROMACS community right here :-) Catch ya, Dr. Dallas Warren Lecturer Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Pharmacology Victorian College of Pharmacy, Monash University 381 Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3010 [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 3 9903 9524 --------------------------------- When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail. _______________________________________________ gmx-users mailing list gmx-users@gromacs.org http://www.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users Please search the archive at http://www.gromacs.org/search before posting! Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the www interface or send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/mailing_lists/users.php
