Small forum idea

[seymore15074]

Someone should write a thread called FAQ, that lists a number of common questions and links to their corresponding articles. Then, the thread should be stickied in the Beginners forum...

[firedraco]

And it should be locked and only added to my admins...

[seymore15074]

Header files, conditionals, and getline/cin immediately come to mind as the most common examples...not a day goes by without them.

[firedraco]

Maybe just make the global topic have links to all the topics in the articles forum (that are good of course).

[jRaskell]

Simple truth is it wouldn't make a difference.

There are two kinds of people, those who know how to search, and those who don't. The former don't really need a FAQ and the latter will completely ignore it. I've seen plenty of FAQ on other sites, and they do little to dam the tide of repetitive queries.

[seymore15074]

The difference is that we can simply post a single link (without looking it up) to the FAQ when applicable...rather than having to re-post solutions or search for them...

[Duthomhas]

I'm working on that for console issues
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/articles/7311/

but alas I have been pretty preoccupied lately
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/6386/

I'll get to it shortly (hopefully before the main thread archives...)
Submissions welcome.

But yes, the intent is to have an easy URL to answer the constantly-asked questions.

[edit]

Rule #x^2: FAQs are asked frequently. Get used to them.

reference: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/