Re: Re: Re: Linux India Knowledge Base

[Suresh Ramasubramanian <r.suresh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Atul Chitnis saw fit to inform LI that: 

>So? Merging is no big deal at all. It is just a question of a database of
>links, with a main answer and "see-also"s.

In fact, as Wilma already tracks followup threads, this should not be too
much of a problem either.  If something on the lines of wget could be used
to track a thread and download all messages in the thread, then ok.

>Uh, I had no intention of "homogenizing" people's efforts to contribute.
>Whatever the form of the message may be, it is an individual's

Fine, OK.  Leaving the English alone, there's still the point of
organizing the information.  Consider the situation -

1. Query posted
2. Mostly good HOWTO, with a few errors
3. Long thread following up on each error (and generating a few errors)
4. Original HOWTO poster (may / may not) post a revised HOWTO.

.... if such a revised howto exists for any thread, then well and
good.  However, expecting someone to wade through a large thread to track
down a few errors defeats the purpose of a FAQ.  The man could just as
well search the LIH archives directly - having the FAQ becomes redundant
in such a case.

So, compromise - give a condensed HOWTO, and link to the howto posted on
the LI archives.  As Wilma tracks messages by thread, no further work is
needed on linking to everything in the thread.

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