Talk: Who reads FAQs anyway
From Matt Messina <mes...@engin.umich.edu>
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· 5 Dec 1994 14:46 · View full thread
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Bob Allison <bob...@wwa.com> wrote: > Unfortunately, many people (including myself at times) don't want to >bother reading a FAQ. It's too bad 'cause a lot of folks supplied info >to make the ASCII ART FAQ fairly solid. You can learn an awful lot from >the FAQ (especially the longer versions). This might be because many FAQs are *huge* (e.g. the ASCII Art FAQ). I think you ought to consider moving the "Where can I find ASCII Art?" question to a seperate document. Also, there seem to be many questions that are not about ASCII Art, but are about using computers and the net. These are legitimate questions, but they are answered in other FAQs. Yeah, yeah, yeah, these questions are asked in inappropriate groups (e.g., this one), but people who do that don't read FAQs anyway. How about splitting the FAQ into 3 articles when you post it? There could be a "Questions about ASCII Art" section, a "Where to find ASCII Art" section, and a "How to make a .plan, use FTP, etc." section. Any comments? -- Matt Messina mes...@umich.edu ObAscii: .plan by Randy Ransom <ran...@scf.usc.edu> . -- . Randy's Plan is brought to you today by ( ) the letters L, N, and by the number 10. ( (/oo\) ) ( \''/ ) WW ( \/ ) wwwwww /__\ ( ) w"ww ww"w | oo | _WWWWW_ ( ) W o""o W (o)(o) (|_()_|) / o o \ (+)(+) oo ( )W ______ W w" "w \__/ (| __O__ |)/ \ w"()"w ( ) "w \_\/_/ w" W -====- W /|\/|\ \ \___/ / \ -==- / W -==- W ' -- ' ww""wwwwww""ww "w w" |||||||| /-------\ \ / "wwww" = = |||||||||||| w""""""""""w |||||||||=========| <\/\/\/> w" "w = = ||||||||||||W W|||||||||=========| / \ Elmo Big Bird Oscar Cookie Monster Bert Ernie Kermit
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