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Forum FAQs??
As you're all aware, there are a number of questions that tend to recur in some forums. What is a good (free) compiler? What is a good book for studying <fill in the blank>? Why does my scanf fail? How do I convert to <this> or <that>? I suggest that we make forum-specific FAQs to cover these kinds of questions. Plenty of posters will still post the questions, not having thought to read the FAQs (or search) first, but the answer can be a simple reference via link, rather than an oft-repeated, long-winded response. The thread could be in the FAQ area with a sticky link in the appropriate forum.
I can get a good outline for such a thing by merely stealing one made up by Scorpions4ever. I don't think he'll mind, as it's already been stolen from him and attributed to another.
The material in the FAQ obviously cannot be a comprehensive treatment. It would then be a tutorial, and not a FAQ. It should, though, be technically solid and accurate. None of this, "Well, I'm not sure, but it might work" stuff. To that end, I suggest that potential additions be put in a new thread in the appropriate forum. Members may then shoot at it and make appropriate suggestions for accuracy, clarity, and improvement. If it shapes up and seems to be a likely candidate, a mod may then clip out the relevent part and add it to the FAQ. Believe it or not, the FAQ should be locked. I have seen numerous newbies post their question on the end of the FAQ rather than in a new thread in the forum.
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