Re: <FAQENTRY> 3.2 update needed

JRS: In article <dk84na013o8@news1.newsguy.com>, dated Tue, 1 Nov 2005
10:21:57, seen in news:comp.lang.javascript, Matt Kruse
<newsgroups@mattkruse.com> posted :
>Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> I like both suggestions. Note that e.g. de.comp.lang.javascript also
>> has a FAQ, so if one would desire a specific FAQ translated to
>> German, it would be possible to additionally link to it and
>> vice-versa.
>
>Furthermore, I think the FAQ should be separated into a
>"comp.lang.javascript" FAQ and a general "Javascript FAQ". Separate the
>newsgroup ettiquete stuff from the general JS stuff.

No. Having them together significantly raises the likelihood that the
etiquette part will be seen. YSCIB.

>All this is probably too much for one person, so making it a wiki seems to
>be the only way to really manage it, imo.

Not necessarily. I have suggested that the Friday FAQ posting should
instead post a plain text article, formatted solely as a list of items
(with a corresponding Web jibbering/*.txt page being a straight copy).

Then the Editor of that part could be offered items in News, and (after
discussion in News) could copy'n'paste them directly into the text,
replacing them when better is offered for the part. That should be much
easier than formatting the main part, needing only a dozen or so
mouse/keyboard actions per item.

Stable parts could be transferred to the Monday FAQ as time permits.

OTOH, the new part could well be done by another.
 

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