[Twisted-Python] FAQ-o-matic
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I'd like to suggest the addition of a FAQ-o-matic (http://faqomatic.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/427.html)to the Twisted site. I think it would make it much easier to get and to post info, as you wouldn't have to wait for someone to write The Definitive Documentation(tm) for a given subject. From what I've seen/experienced, the "document-as-you-go" approach works much better for open-source projects. I'm willing to do the work of getting the F-o-m set up. (Perhaps I should stick in in my personal space?)
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On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 03:38:24PM -0500, Michael Dartt wrote:
Wouldn't a wiki be better? There's already a wiki with stuff about twisted in it: http://www.twistedmatrix.com/users/jh.twistd/python/moin.cgi/TwistedProject?action=highlight&value=CategoryTwisted but it doesn't seem to be dedicated to Twisted... -Andrew.
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On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 03:38:24PM -0500, Michael Dartt wrote:
From what I've seen/experienced, the "document-as-you-go" approach works much better for open-source projects.
How about using the wiki? http://twistedmatrix.com/users/jh.twistd/python/moin.cgi/ - Kevin (do you know shira rosenhaft@hampshire, class of 2002?) -- The moon is full, 100.0% illuminated, 14.8 days old.
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Hm. My only concern is that it looks like it's used more for proclamations/statements than Q&A. (Brings us back to the Official Documentation issue, only not quite as bad.) And it looks like the structure of a Wiki doesn't really make it smooth to do that. What category/entry would you put it under? Would you have a separate FAQ category? But hey, if I'm wrong, so much the better. :) I may have met Shira, but the name doesn't ring a bell. I left Camp Hamp in Feb. 2000--without Glyph there, it just didn't seem worth it. ;-) Quoting Kevin Turner <acapnotic@twistedmatrix.com>:
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On Sat, 01 Dec 2001 02:51:59 -0500 (EST), Michael Dartt wrote:
Hm. My only concern is that it looks like it's used more for proclamations/statements than Q&A.
A wiki is used in the way users use it. :> See http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin/FrequentlyAskedQuestions Ciao, Jürgen
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I set up a page on Jurgen's MoinMoin - http://purl.org/wiki/python/TwistedFaq. Right now it's just the same questions as the other faqs that are available. If this thing works out I'll shwack the official faq.epy on twistedmatrix.com and just link to the wiki page. On Fri, 2001-11-30 at 15:38, Michael Dartt wrote:
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On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 03:38:24PM -0500, Michael Dartt wrote:
Wouldn't a wiki be better? There's already a wiki with stuff about twisted in it: http://www.twistedmatrix.com/users/jh.twistd/python/moin.cgi/TwistedProject?action=highlight&value=CategoryTwisted but it doesn't seem to be dedicated to Twisted... -Andrew.
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On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 03:38:24PM -0500, Michael Dartt wrote:
From what I've seen/experienced, the "document-as-you-go" approach works much better for open-source projects.
How about using the wiki? http://twistedmatrix.com/users/jh.twistd/python/moin.cgi/ - Kevin (do you know shira rosenhaft@hampshire, class of 2002?) -- The moon is full, 100.0% illuminated, 14.8 days old.
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Hm. My only concern is that it looks like it's used more for proclamations/statements than Q&A. (Brings us back to the Official Documentation issue, only not quite as bad.) And it looks like the structure of a Wiki doesn't really make it smooth to do that. What category/entry would you put it under? Would you have a separate FAQ category? But hey, if I'm wrong, so much the better. :) I may have met Shira, but the name doesn't ring a bell. I left Camp Hamp in Feb. 2000--without Glyph there, it just didn't seem worth it. ;-) Quoting Kevin Turner <acapnotic@twistedmatrix.com>:
![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/133f14ed393c71118f82ce5ce235fbeb.jpg?s=120&d=mm&r=g)
On Sat, 01 Dec 2001 02:51:59 -0500 (EST), Michael Dartt wrote:
Hm. My only concern is that it looks like it's used more for proclamations/statements than Q&A.
A wiki is used in the way users use it. :> See http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin/FrequentlyAskedQuestions Ciao, Jürgen
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I set up a page on Jurgen's MoinMoin - http://purl.org/wiki/python/TwistedFaq. Right now it's just the same questions as the other faqs that are available. If this thing works out I'll shwack the official faq.epy on twistedmatrix.com and just link to the wiki page. On Fri, 2001-11-30 at 15:38, Michael Dartt wrote:
participants (5)
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Andrew Bennetts
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Chris Armstrong
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j.her@t-online.de
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Kevin Turner
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Michael Dartt