We should really have an easy to see FAQ on language usage on the homepage and on the D.learn web forum gateway, in the appearance of a sticky thread perhaps.

There's a few of the same questions that come up a lot, like I've seen a question about the windows console three or four times in the last six months - pretty often for the same specific question and answer.

What I think would be good is to just link to the wiki with a faqs page that can then link elsewhere or write up details and additional resources.

On Wednesday, 24 July 2013 at 15:18:20 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> We should really have an easy to see FAQ on language usage on the homepage and on the D.learn web forum gateway, in the appearance of a sticky thread perhaps.
>
> There's a few of the same questions that come up a lot, like I've seen a question about the windows console three or four times in the last six months - pretty often for the same specific question and answer.
>
> What I think would be good is to just link to the wiki with a faqs page that can then link elsewhere or write up details and additional resources.

Having a good FAQ is always a plus, but it's a fact of life that the same old questions will be asked ad infinitum on a programming message board. I think there are some good entries in the wiki too.

But I agree with you: in both cases, there should be better visibility.

On Wednesday, 24 July 2013 at 15:25:49 UTC, monarch_dodra wrote:
> Having a good FAQ is always a plus, but it's a fact of life that the same old questions will be asked ad infinitum on a programming message board.

This is true, and I don't think there's anything that can be done about it.

Even on stackoverflow, where previous questions with answers are linked to as you type in a repeated question, people still manage to ask the same questions over and over.

That said, a FAQ will help.

I like D Wiki http://wiki.dlang.org, can't we create one there?

http://wiki.dlang.org/FAQ seems to be uneditable, so I created
http://wiki.dlang.org/D_FAQ

I am not a programmer by profession, so not sure how to apply FAQ
template, if there is one. But would love to contribute when
possible.

On Wednesday, 24 July 2013 at 15:25:49 UTC, monarch_dodra wrote:
> it's a fact of life that the same old questions will be asked ad infinitum on a programming message board. I think there are some good entries in the wiki too.

Yeah, though the faq is useful too for answering the questions when they are asked again - it is easy to link to it rather than searching for the last time or typing it up again.

On Wednesday, 24 July 2013 at 16:02:05 UTC, user wrote:
> I like D Wiki http://wiki.dlang.org, can't we create one there?
>
> http://wiki.dlang.org/FAQ seems to be uneditable, so I created
> http://wiki.dlang.org/D_FAQ
>
> I am not a programmer by profession, so not sure how to apply FAQ
> template, if there is one. But would love to contribute when
> possible.

i so rarely using wiki(i think it's due link location, maybe it would be better to place it somewhere on top?), so i'm start thinking no one uses it, and its topic count shows it may be true O_o

anyway i agree we need decent FAQ, so also please add DMD linker info, i mean -L and -l flags, as so as -L-framework -LframeworkName for OS X

On Wednesday, 24 July 2013 at 15:18:20 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> We should really have an easy to see FAQ on language usage on the homepage and on the D.learn web forum gateway, in the appearance of a sticky thread perhaps.
>
> There's a few of the same questions that come up a lot, like I've seen a question about the windows console three or four times in the last six months - pretty often for the same specific question and answer.
>
> What I think would be good is to just link to the wiki with a faqs page that can then link elsewhere or write up details and additional resources.

There's this:
http://dlang.org/faq.html

But it seems outdated and broken.

On Wednesday, 24 July 2013 at 17:09:09 UTC, evilrat wrote:
> On Wednesday, 24 July 2013 at 16:02:05 UTC, user wrote:
>> I like D Wiki http://wiki.dlang.org, can't we create one there?
>>
>> http://wiki.dlang.org/FAQ seems to be uneditable, so I created
>> http://wiki.dlang.org/D_FAQ
>>
>> I am not a programmer by profession, so not sure how to apply FAQ
>> template, if there is one. But would love to contribute when
>> possible.
>
> i so rarely using wiki(i think it's due link location, maybe it would be better to place it somewhere on top?), so i'm start thinking no one uses it, and its topic count shows it may be true O_o
>
> anyway i agree we need decent FAQ, so also please add DMD linker info, i mean -L and -l flags, as so as -L-framework -LframeworkName for OS X

I have never been to the wiki :/

On 7/24/2013 8:25 AM, monarch_dodra wrote:
> Having a good FAQ is always a plus, but it's a fact of life that the same old
> questions will be asked ad infinitum on a programming message board.

The best way to deal with that is to put the answers in the FAQ, and then when the question comes up, reply with a link to that answer on the FAQ.

This also has the benefit of making the FAQ answer more popular with google searches on the question.

Another one that should be added is a pro/con list for shared std libs.