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Thaddy:
I do my best to correct and add to the wiki, but it is like swimming against the tide.
hrayon:
I do not think I was clear. Could be a translation problem, sorry.
When I made the suggestion, I had in mind just having a fixed, read-only explanation for ordinary users like me. Not for each topic. Not the "best answer" of each topic. Only for the main topics already defined. I do not know if "topic" is the right word. I am saying of each of these 42 items below:
Lazarus » Announcements » Lazarus
Lazarus » Announcements » Free Pascal (Moderators: FPK, Tomas Hajny)
Lazarus » Announcements » Third party
Lazarus » General
Lazarus » LCL
Lazarus » Databases
Lazarus » Programming » Graphics and Multimedia » Audio and Video
Lazarus » Programming » Graphics and Multimedia » Graphics (Moderator: Ask)
Lazarus » Programming » Graphics and Multimedia » OpenGL
Lazarus » Programming » Graphics and Multimedia » TAChart (Moderator: Ask)
Lazarus » Programming » Graphics and Multimedia » DirectX
Lazarus » Programming » Graphics and Multimedia » Games
Lazarus » Programming » Networking and Web Programming
Lazarus » Programming » Widgetset
Lazarus » Programming » Operating Systems
Lazarus » Programming » Packages and Libraries
Lazarus » Using the Lazarus IDE » Editor
Lazarus » Using the Lazarus IDE » Designer
Lazarus » Using the Lazarus IDE » Debugger
Lazarus » Using the Lazarus IDE » Options
Lazarus » Using the Lazarus IDE » General
Lazarus » Free Pascal » Beginners (Moderators: FPK, Tomas Hajny)
Lazarus » Free Pascal » General
Lazarus » Free Pascal » Database
Lazarus » Free Pascal » FPC development
Lazarus » Free Pascal » FV/Textmode IDE
Lazarus » Free Pascal » Unix
Lazarus » Free Pascal » Windows
Lazarus » Free Pascal » Other OS
Lazarus » Installation » Linux
Lazarus » Installation » Windows (32/64)
Lazarus » Installation » Mac OS X
Lazarus » Installation » PDAs and Smartphones
Lazarus » Installation » General
Lazarus » Miscellaneous » Translations
Lazarus » Miscellaneous » Jobs
Lazarus » Miscellaneous » Suggestions
Lazarus » Miscellaneous » Other
Lazarus » Other Languages » Italian
Lazarus » Other Languages » Spanish
Lazarus » Other Languages » Portuguese
Lazarus » Other Languages » Russian
So, of these items, it would be interesting to have a summary header containing the link to the wiki, external links, or even book tips. This could only be done by experienced users, and this could guide us better.
Putting the wiki link makes the forum and wiki more consistent. It values more knowledge in both. It's a win-win relationship.
How many times has an experienced user wasted time reporting that the question is clearly answered on the wiki?
I think the forum is pretty good the way it is.
I do not think putting a brief introduction into each of the 42 items with that said would overload the forum, nor would it be a Herculean job.
But if you, experienced user, want to keep answering why the executable file is so big and other subjects of the same level, that's fine ...
(translated with Google)
Researching:
OK...
Again: what the point is: respected Moderators of the "FORUM", as it is mentioned - you are not obliged to ( your volunteer work is great itself! ), but in case - yo u consider yourself interested and situation allowing( you know the situation better indeed!) - supposedly you can:
0. Prepare (by discussing)
1. Set expectations for writing the forum
2. Provide tools (templates, advises, requirements)
3. communicate with people
4. promote those, mostly satisfying the community.
Supposedly, this may solve:
- Shortness and efficient structure of answer/reply.
- Updating wiki (if topics are well structured - will be easy to copy-Paste solutions.)
- Cleaning the forum
The key requirement seems to be - the questioning and answering templates.
E.g. - add message template
<[question] How to .... ?>
<Problem>
<Code sample>
<questions>
<*.zip - sample project attachment>
Answer Template
<[answer:] How to .... ?>
<quote question>
<explanation>
<code sample>
As an example of what is harda bout forum: my effort to summarize this topic - lead to hardly extracting 4-5 suggestions. The rest is "explanations". And as Marcov said - // to be shertened "good idea"!!
Researching:
From the point of forum structuring for search:
There are obvious keywords: Unix, Windows, FreePascal.... etc. - which always give high relevance search results. It would be enough to add them in the name of topic.
But there are programming cases, techniques - which you can not even name the right way, unless you already know them. - this would be the right key for efficient categories.
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