Killing the list ? (was: Re: New Wiard Module: Borg "Assimilator" Filters)

[Byron G. Jacquot]

>Yes, having a FAQ is a good thing - but there lies a hidden danger in it as
>well.
>
>The trouble is that a FAQ may also to some degree kill of questions which
>make the old timers tick and refer to various stuff and all of a sudden a new
>discussion have spawned off. A FAQ could thus to some degree divert some of the
>usefull triggers alongside the not so usefull ones.

Maybe we should include some information in the FAQ to doublecheck or
clarify anything people feel like, and use it as a tool to invite some
better informed participation.

Whereas lots of groups or lists use FAQs as a way to cut down on answering
the same questions over and over, maybe we could use it to invite more
discussion, with a common reference for newcomers.

It would also appear that some first inrods to a FAQ have already been made.
There are already the capicitor FAQ, and that good intro to OTAs, Paul S's
advice about basic tools, plus other written pieces on various sites.

>There are things that should be part of a FAQ, other that should just be
>usefull information, links, vocabulary etc.

How about an appendix that explains a lot of the acronyms?  VC_, OTA, PNP
and MIDI might be a start...

And maybe a short list of some of the various options for beginners,
regarding kits, pre-made PCBs, etc.  With a note pointing back to the list
for some more subjective evaluation of all of them.  There are a lot of
these options, and a lot of different opinions about them.  Besides, maybe a
FAQ is a better place for objective, scientific information to be stored,
and we'll let the lists debate which devices "sound better."

Byron Jacquot