Re: FAQ

The problem is that people are lazy or just to stupid to look for stuff. Sometimes yes, we just miss something small or it is under another section. I have done it as recently as tuesday with implode. But this is getting nuts. I guess I am frustrated because all the lists I am on are filled with lazy people who whine and want someone else to do all their work for them. PHP is not low level if you need something simple use iHTML. It is the simplest scripting language out there. I propose that the first few sentances of the signup message should be... READ THE MANUAL BEFORE POSTING!!!!!! READ THE MANUAL BEFORE POSTING!!!!!! READ THE MANUAL BEFORE POSTING!!!!!! if you are confused about this... READ THE MANUAL BEFORE POSTING!!!!!! SEARCH THE ARCHIVES / FAQ BEFORE POSTING!!!!! SEARCH THE ARCHIVES / FAQ BEFORE POSTING!!!!! SEARCH THE ARCHIVES / FAQ BEFORE POSTING!!!!! if you doing understand then SEARCH THE ARCHIVES / FAQ BEFORE POSTING!!!!! Rick At 10:22 AM 3/15/01 -0600, Chris Lee wrote:

people wouldnt use an FAQ, when you see three people ask the exact same question on one single day, you know they dont read the other post, or care. if they wont read the posts on the same day they wont read an FAQ, they keep posting. -- Chris Lee lee@mediawaveonline.com ""Mal McKay"" <mckaym@illyana.com> wrote in message news:FLEGIOODPKNNPJPGNLMMEEGICJAA.mckaym@illyana.com... I'd just like to offset my other email by saying that a faq is often no substitute for the knowledge and experience of this list's members. In a strange way, the 'dumb' question this list gets proves the a faq can not be expected to know the right way to answer a query. A list member out there just might know _exactly_ what you need to solve your problem. mal -----Original Message----- From: RBL [mailto:daveg@rblc.com] Sent: 15 March 2001 17:17 To: Rick St Jean; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] FAQ on 3/15/01 9:04 AM, Rick St Jean at rstjean@internet.look.ca wrote: Also I would like to know if there would be a demand for an experienced mailing list? I am just frustrated by the same 3 questions that pop up about once a day. The rest of the posts are great. Rick I once thought a great product for mail lists (would require an admin interface, PHP?) would be a way to put into the list mail signature a random FAQ link. Fill that particular FAQ with commonly asked questions and have the FAQ sent out each month to all subscribers. A decent threaded mail reader would make this reasonably easy (notice I did not say *simple*) to administer. Example -- Need a PHP editor? (http://php.net/common_questions.html?Q=phpeditors) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net Example -- Trouble compiling GD? (http://php.net/common_questions.html?Q=gdrequirements) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- Dave Goodrich Director of Interface Development Reality Based Learning Company 9521 NE Willows Road, Suite 100 Redmond, WA 98052 Toll Free 1-877-869-6603 ext. 237 Fax (425) 558-5655 daveg@rblc.com http://www.rblc.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net

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