On Monday 03 March 2003 05:55 pm, Scott C. Linnenbringer wrote:

> Sorry if this sounds harsh, but I'm just in an irritated mood with
> topics that have been discussed OVER and OVER and OVER again. :-)

That's why I like wikis -- put the answer on a page with a reasonable name on a wiki that is indexed by Google:

• Anybody who wants the answer can search Google.
• People can "subscribe" to the recent changes page to see what has been posted lately, look at the page, and add their comments, corrections, or whatever, ideally in document mode.
• If a page started or has evolved into thread mode, hopefully somebody takes it upon themselves to "refactor" the page to document mode.

There is more, but why not take a look at:

• http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/WikiVsMailLists
• http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/WebChanges (or click on changes at the top of this page)
• http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/AboutThesePages

If you do have a comment on something somebody wrote, don't quote it but insert your comment in italics nearby (document mode) or at the bottom of the page (pseudo thread mode). There's a little more to learn, but I think it's worth it.

<I should revise that last paragraph to be more "appropriate" -- you can see the things I'd be trying to say if you read some of the links about wiki on AboutThesePages.>

Oh, and small typos (that are clearly typos) are sometimes fixed anonymously.

Oh, and by starting with a quote this page is sort of in thread mode -- at some point I should refactor to avoid any semblance of thread mode.

See:

• AboutThesePages

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