MES FAQs - COORDINATION THREAD FOR WRITING FAQs

[KernelPanic]

MES FAQ's were a great idea suggested by void main. The idea though seems to have fizzled out.
Developments need to be forced forward so I am gonna do some forcing...    

I think that the writing of the FAQ's needs to commence soon, The Webmaster can be contacted next time he shows up    

I think that the writing of the FAQ's should be done in a linux kernelesque fashion.
I think voimain should be in the middle (our Linus) then I think specialists for each area shoud be chosen ie Networking, Installation and distro specific stuff etc. These will be our 2nd in command outer circle.
The average person will submit a question and/or answer for possible inclusion in the final FAQ. The area leader then makes the decicion into what make the 'final cut'. The area leader submits the FAQ for his area to void main, and void main gives it the once over. Once evrything is written  void main lets it be checke by the MES as a wole and finally it goes to The Webmaster to be posted/hosted.

I know I have made that sound complicated but just think of it in terms of how kernel submissions are made.

What does everybody think about this?
Ideas, suggestions?
Nominations for an area leader eg creedon for debian?

Lets get this sorted soon, because it will make us finally and definitevely the best anti-MS site on the WWW.

Tux.

[edit - title changed by Calum]

[ September 16, 2002: Message edited by: Calum ]

[Calum]

well f00bar asked me this week what was going on about it, because he wants to translate the results into dutch, so i agree we should get onto it.

i am planning on writing a few things like this for the www.newtolinux.org.uk site, namely stuff about XFce desktop environment and so on.

Basically, i'm there, if we're going to do this, so somebody coordinate me in and i'll get writing...  

[KernelPanic]

I need to get 40winks now because i'm cream crackered, but i'll check back here in the morning.

[Master of Reality]

a lot of questions could be answered by just searching through threads. Like, installing things in linux just search the Linux forum for it and you will find many matches.

[voidmain]

I think it would be a good idea. I don't know that I need to be in the middle of it though. I doubt the web master would have much time to update the FAQ which is why I thought it might be a good idea to actually host it on another system so one or more of the members can have authority to update it.

But then again, if we make it database driven, written in PHP or Perl, webmaster might be willing to install it on the MES server and post a link to it. UserIDs could be set up within the database/PHP program so certain members would have authority to update the database of questions.

I also think we should limit it to questions that are frequently asked on these forums (hence the name FAQ). If several people have the authority to update it the chances of it growing/living/breathing are greater. We can always browse over the entries looking for errors and correct them at will. I could do this but it usually takes a wild hair to get me going. Maybe I'll start working on it tonight.  

If I get something promising I could see if m0r might want to install it on his machine (at least temporarily). If I do get started on it, it really shouldn't take more than an evening to write but I don't want anyone to hold their breath waiting on me as I get side tracked very quickly and easily.

[Master of Reality]

take a look at www.unix.com
they have a forum for FAQs

[rtgwbmsr]

I'd love to pitch in on the FAQ's but i'm too damn busy with work, writing for MacNut, and writing my "What is the TCPA" article.

This sounds very Linux focused - What about Mac? I'd love to write an FAQ on the Mac...

I'll reply again tomorrow as to what my status is.

BTW: I have a server that we can use if needed.

[ September 15, 2002: Message edited by: The_Muffin_Man/B0b ]

[TheQuirk]

Once I read this thread I started working on a PHP driven FAQ type of thingie. I'll probably finish it in an hour or so.

[TheQuirk]

Done. Anyone wants to tell me where to host it, at least to test it? It needs MySQL and PHP support to function. Ionichost.com has a shitty database that doesn't allow me to do anything  

[Master of Reality]

quote:Originally posted by The_Muffin_Man/B0b:

BTW: I have a server that we can use if needed.
[ September 15, 2002: Message edited by: The_Muffin_Man/B0b ]

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[TheQuirk]

quote:Originally posted by Master of Reality / Bob:

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Oh.. Oh! /goes to look for Muffin's contact...

[TheQuirk]

The_Muffin_Man/B0b, are you willing to give me an account?

[rtgwbmsr]

Erm...it's not account based...standard unmodified Apache 2 setup.

But it does work. If you need proof goto:
http://www.akgames.net:8000/

Quirk, I PrivMessaged you.

[ September 16, 2002: Message edited by: The_Muffin_Man/B0b ]

[TheQuirk]

Get on AIM! I'm on right now!

[rtgwbmsr]

Dood! Wats ur name?
Check your PM's!

[ September 16, 2002: Message edited by: The_Muffin_Man/B0b ]