The deal is: if you are a beginner with Catalyst, go to IRC IMMEDIATELY.

I'd extend that to a: And please, after your problem is solved, just put it on the wiki. There's also a SolvedIssues page on it.

I bet if enough newbies overwhelmed the channel, the documentation effort would probably accelerate dramatically ;) If the IRC channel is just treated as an answering-machine, I fear it won't. But as stated above, a simple contribution (problem/symptoms/solution) to the wiki is worth a lot. As I see it, there are three kinds of people giving Catalyst a drive:

- The "alchemysts" (those who bring new ideas, techniques and modules no one thought about before)
- The "live infantry" (those who make--sometimes heavy--use of Catalyst in production, finding edges, problems and things that need to get simpler) and
- The "players" (those who play around with it. Some of these are also likely to improve documentation when they know where it's needed, submit simple patches, etc.)
Ordinary morality is for ordinary people. -- Aleister Crowley

In reply to Re^2: Why oh Why oh Whyo (Catalyst Woes) by phaylon
in thread Why oh Why oh Whyo (Catalyst Woes) by OverlordQ

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