Perhaps Q&A should be changed to FAQ?

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Re: Perhaps Q&A should be changed to FAQ? by jbrugger (Parson) on Jul 08, 2005 at 04:42 UTC
First i wanted to argue about your suggestion to say the Q&A section is the Categorized Questions and Answers section and not a FAQ... But then again the section itself is clear about it: This area is for frequently asked and answered questions. So next to the argument you gave, next to the fact that it actually is the FAQ area, i have to agree, so jacques++... "We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise." - Larry Wall.	[reply]
Re: Perhaps Q&A should be changed to FAQ? by PhilHibbs (Hermit) on Jul 08, 2005 at 11:12 UTC
I disagree. FAQ has a different meaning to Q&A, and quickly reaching an incorrect conclusion is not preferable to slowly reaching the correct one.	[reply]
Re: Perhaps Q&A should be changed to FAQ? by bradcathey (Prior) on Jul 08, 2005 at 14:08 UTC
IMHO, Q&A is more clear than FAQs. In Webdom, FAQs are usually questions about a particular site, or a topic related to the operation of the site. I say just leave it. (if anything, I'd like to see the Q&As fashioned into tutorials about those topics) —Brad "The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men." George Eliot	[reply]
Re^2: Perhaps Q&A should be changed to FAQ? by Transient (Hermit) on Jul 08, 2005 at 17:53 UTC
How about "Perl FAQ" vs. ( "PM FAQ" or "PerlMonks FAQ" )?	[reply]
Re: Perhaps Q&A should be changed to FAQ? by Arunbear (Prior) on Jul 08, 2005 at 10:26 UTC
I think that "FAQ" would be ambiguous - there are other FAQ areas here e.g. PerlMonks FAQ and perlman:perlfaq.	[reply]
Re^2: Perhaps Q&A should be changed to FAQ? (am big? u o' us) by tye (Sage) on Jul 08, 2005 at 18:07 UTC
"Perl FAQs". And "PerlMonks FAQ" should probably be "PerlMonks site FAQ". - tye	[reply]
Re: Perhaps Q&A should be changed to FAQ? by CountZero (Bishop) on Jul 08, 2005 at 21:38 UTC
Everyone and their little brother have FAQs on their sites. We Are The Perl Monks; We Are Special! We have Q&A! Let's keep the Q&A. Thank you! Now back to our regular programming. CountZero "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law	[reply]
Re: Perhaps Q&A should be changed to FAQ? by Cap'n Steve (Friar) on Jul 10, 2005 at 05:20 UTC
I agree. Q&A implies more interactivity. It would make sense to rename "Seekers of Perl Wisdom" Q&A, but the current Q&A section even labels itself a FAQ.	[reply]