[sdiy] Wikipedia as synth resource

[harrybissell]

I agree with everyone.

Newbies are not a problem at all and we welcome them... but the encyclopedia should

have good s-diy content as well

H^) harry

Magnus Danielson wrote:

> From: "john mahoney" <jmahoney at gate.net>
> Subject: [sdiy] Wikipedia as synth resource
> Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 11:27:50 -0400
> Message-ID: <0b7401c42f90$dd48d330$6400a8c0 at BABYUTEST>
>
> > Rather than answering the same newbie * questions every month, or telling
> > people to search the archives, we could direct people to Wiki pages -- if
> > those pages had the right info.
>
> > * That's not meant as a slam on newbies, as they can't help but have the
> > same old questions.
>
> Actually, I think this kind of reasoning is rubish!
>
> First, on Synth-DIY most of the newbie question isn't a problem, and to be
> honest, not on AH either. However, the dry and sometimes even rude comments to
> check the archives is much worse! It doesn't give a welcoming feeling to the
> first thing slap people in the face. Also, I often find that it is even the
> newbie questions that sometimes causes the interesting discussions among those
> who actually know stuff. The newbie has in his blessed state of ignorance of
> what the view is been able to ask the wrong question in a interesting enought
> way that we have something new to discuss. If everybody agrees about everything
> there is not needs for discussions and thus no need for the list. I even find
> it challenging (in a positive way) to correctly answer a newbie question.
>
> This kind of "bandwidth compression" way of thinking may have been usefull for
> the USENET NEWS but I don't think it is a good way of doing things for us. It
> doesn't promote to get a good discussion and working social community. It is
> even since we lack it in Synth-DIY that we work better than some other places.
> The archives exists (is BTW really everything in the archives? I don't think
> so!) and they are a great resource and we should always recommend a visit
> there, but I don't think it is useful to always refer to it, and specifically
> it isn't usefull if you don't know the correct search-terms. The best way to
> refer back to the archive is by actually give a sufficient reference in order
> to actually find it in the archive, else it is like just pointing to the
> library and not say which section of a particular book in the library the
> answer could be found.
>
> I don't think it is a bad idea to have alot of information online, on the
> contruary, but I think bringing the politics of it into the list is a definite
> no-no and is just a missleading idea. Don't fix it, it works!
>
> In my mind the same could be said to your post on the AH, but it is much more
> politically polarized and IMHO that doesn't really solve anything there.
> So, please do not fiddle with how things are done here at Synthi-DIY, I think
> we are doing well enought as it is. Not all perfect, but manageable most of the
> time.
>
> Cheers,
> Magnus