[mythtv-users] Spilt Myth mailing list?

[Henk Poley]

> Van: J. Donavan Stanley <jdonavan at jdonavan.net>
> Henk Poley wrote:
>>>Van: J. Donavan Stanley <jdonavan at jdonavan.net>
>>>
>>>Hell GOOGLE turns up hits into the mythtv mailing list archive for a lot

>>>of the FAQs on this list.
>>
>>I don't know about your 'google skillz', but google isn't really up to
>>finding things in mailinglist archives, since it will 'implode' search
>>results to only 2 results by default, and it sorts more or less by 'link
>>rank' which is virtualy non-existant in mail archives.
> 
> Google searches:
> 
> "mythtv" - Mailing list archive is # 6 on the list.
> "mythtv pvr250" - mailing list is #3 on the list
> "mythtv pvr350" - mailing list is #3 on the list
> "mythtv tv out" - mailing list is #5 on the list.
> "mythtv distro" -  mailing list is #3 on the list
> "mythtv sound" " - mailing list is #3 on the list
> 
> What mad skillz with google one needs to find answers within the mailing 
> list archives?  People aren't even trying to find answers for 
> themselves.  It's easier to just ask a question then sit back and wait 
> for an answer than it is to be proactive.

Ehm, I beg you pardon, isn't that what I was saying? Google does find the
mailinglist.

But the big problem with Google is that it turns up 'to the
point'-information when this information is scattered around sites (that's
why people find google so good). But as soon as it is as 'dense' as a
mailinglist, Google isn't as good.

I'm rather sure, even without looking, that for example those 2 hits, that
show up by default, from the mailinglists for "mythtv pvr250" aren't going
to help you if you would have a problem with your PVR 250. Since the
problem discussed there is just one of the many other possible problems.

[And.. the mythtv mailinglist shouldn't be used for ivtv questions ;-) ]

> What we REALLY need is an official FAQ more than anything else.

Yup, I'd propose a wiki for that, in which only FAQ maintainers would have
edit rights, stops all the bluntness of people randomly editing (you could
add a 'suggestion box' per page though) with ease of linking of a normal
wiki.

But that would probably never be supported by the official site (devs are
against wikis isn't it?).

	Henk Poley <><