[mythtv-users] Re:MythTV Help Website

[David]

> Semi OT:  I've never seen a wiki that was worth a crap.  Care to share 
> a couple links?
>
http://xserver.freedesktop.org/
(Erwin's is better but you asked for 2)

> But the million dollar question is:  "Did you need to struggle with 
> that problem?"  i.e. if you had: Read all the docs, searched the 
> mailing list & used google would you have found the answer in a 
> reasonable amount of time?


Google:
Results *1* - *10* of about *268* for **spdif*
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&oi=dict&q=http://dictionary.reference.com/search%3Fq%3Dspdif%26r%3D67>* 

mythtv**. (*0.17* seconds)

Gossammer:
Your search for *spdif* returned 515 results


nearly a thousand pages - that'll be a doddle to just check through on
my narrowband connection then.

> Personally, I think what Myth needs more than a Wiki is a FAQ and even 
> that could be rolled into the howto I think.  I'm not saying a wiki is 
> a horrible idea, I just question the usefulness of adding another 
> information source when the existing ones aren't being used properly.


Are you going to manage that FAQ?
Well, we are - via a wiki :)

In fact since 'you' are part of 'we' why don't 'you' start one somewhere
- in fact why not try:
  www.mythtv.info/wiki/MythFAQ

In fact, why haven't you done this already?
I suspect that often - although maybe not in your particular case? -
this has a lot to do with Maarten's points about the entry barrier.

David