Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 11:50:37 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Robb Beggs <rjbeggs AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Newbie question, newbie error
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On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, Robb Beggs wrote:

> side note: If a question is frequent yet covered in the readme and the faq,
> can the problem possibly lie somewhere other than people not reading the
> documentation.

One wild hypothesis would be that people don't read the docs very
well.  It is so much easier to post a two-liner and let others do the
hard work, especially with all those friendly souls here!
Unfortunately, I have a body of evidence which is large enough to back
that hypothesis.

> Obviously, it can, and I suggestions are out there to combat this.

If you have specific suggestions on how to let the existing knowledge
more accessible to users, please go ahead and tell what do you
suggest.  Personally, I invest a lot of effort into making the FAQ
more easily searchable, but I'm always looking for better ideas.