weirdami wrote:
@meega
Iwas thinking of something more like an article that is controlled here on AO instead of a wiki changeable thing that nobody controls. Wiki is dangerous. But, anyway, the idea would be to tell people that come on here with problems. I guess, actually, that if they came here, their google search (if they did one) was unsuccessful anyway.
That's an excellent idea Weirdami. It's true as some have pointed out that a web search is helpful, but we should not presume that every beginner asks repetitive questions. Some of us do read past page 10. And if questions are repetitive, so what?
New interest in Amigas is always an opportunity to meet, greet and strike up a conversation with a new Amiga enthusiast. That's always good. We shouldn't bash people for asking questions, no matter how stupid we think the questions are. If it's an Amiga question, and we know the answer, then we should be friendly enough to answer it or present a link to it. Perhaps we'd be talking more Amiga and less about lawsuits if we presented ourselves a bit more friendly-human-like.
I've seen several beginner questions pop-up where the answer was "Do a Google search". I am a tech support person by trade. There's nothing wrong with asking questions. I was a developer for 15 years. We seem to have difficulty sometimes communicating with users. Perhaps it's ego, perhaps we're defensive about our code...In the scheme of things, I'd rather see software as something people use, not the other way around.
Well anyway. Seems like I had another eliptical brain fart. Sorry. What was the topic about?
Yes, documentation on how to restore classic Amigas is an excellent one. It would add value to this web-site.
Fester
