Too often novices are expected to know how to find this information by mental telepathy because they either don't know the keywords to search for or don't realize that certain common resources exist. If the list administrators would simply compile a short email containing FAQ and RESOURCE links then have the system send it to php-general once a week, then they could reduce a great deal of these repetitious questions. IMHO, of course. -Kevin
-----Original Message----- From: James Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 1:25 PM To: Rasmus Lerdorf Cc: PHP List Subject: Re: [PHP] FAQ The PHP FAQ isn't really specific when it comes to most problems. The 'code' section has like 10 questions, the rest of the FAQ is mainly how to download/compile, what do these PHP errors mean, migration, etc. A FAQ that had answers to questions that people ask on this list on a frequent basis would be more helpful. On Friday 22 March 2002 12:05 pm, you wrote: > I just don't see what the difference is. This is a PHP mailing list which > supposedly gets questions about PHP. Why would the PHP FAQ not be the > right place for this? > > -Rasmus > > On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, James Taylor wrote: > > You are correct sir. The purpose of the FAQ would be so that, like I > > said, similar questions that pop up say, once a week, could be answered > > in the FAQ instead of on the list - That way I won't get 300 messages a > > day :) > > > > On Friday 22 March 2002 11:36 am, you wrote: > > > Despite what Rasmus just said, I think that you are saying a PHP > > > Mailing List faq based on the q's that the mailing list gets, not the > > > general PHP faq. > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: James Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 2:30 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [PHP] FAQ > > > > > > > > > Has anyone given any thought to possibly maintaining a FAQ containing > > > the answers to the most commonly asked PHP questions on this list? I > > > notice duplicates roll through every couple of days, and it would > > > probably be a really nice PHP resource. > > > > > > Or, does one already exist? Ha. > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
