Tegan<br><br>this is an interesting point.<br>I feel the questions page is more accessible than searching the mailing list,<br>and this links with previous discussions in that forum about how to transfer knowledge from the mailing lists to PmWiki itself.<br>
thanks<br><br>Simon<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 02/03/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tegan Dowling</b> <<a href="mailto:tmdowling@gmail.com">tmdowling@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 5:36 AM, Hans <<a href="mailto:design5@softflow.co.uk">design5@softflow.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br> > Thursday, February 28, 2008, 10:07:02 PM, Simon wrote:<br> > > I've drafted a page<br>
> > <a href="http://pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/HowToReportBugs">http://pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/HowToReportBugs</a><br> > > in an attempt to assist everyone who seeks help from the mailing lists<br> ><br> > I read through the page and like to raise a few points:<br>
><br> > * For people seeking help I find the page both encouraging, as it<br> > gives lots of pointers on what to try or where to look, and<br> > discouraging, as it mentions after a list of 13 check points:<br>
><br> > "Having done all of this, and being none the wiser about your issue<br> > (although probably somewhat wiser about PmWiki) you could<br> ><br> > * leave a query on the questions page<br>
> * post a message the the PmWiki mailing lists"<br> <br> <br>Also, I wonder about having the questions page listed before the<br> mailing lists. From what I've seen, the questions page is a pretty<br> poor way to get help. I'd actually suggest removing it entirely.<br>
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