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#8
The idea is of merit but I believe a better solution might be to wiki-up solutions, rather than leave them languishing in tmo for people only to find with power search. What's more, wiki articles can be written in an all-encompassing instruction like manner, and added to if need be, whereas threads by their nature jump around with different people responding to different questions. It's up to us all to add the FAQ to wiki articles, especially if they're instructions.

Refering to Post #1 specifically, the troubleshooting page certainly needs some expansion. For example, the useful tip to sort out corrupt files isn't there (see post #3 of 72799). And, I've long thought a glossary would be very useful.

Incidentally, the info on how to create a new wiki article doesn't seem that up to date. The page is still a "draft" version and I can't find a way to create a blank wiki page the "create public document instructions don't quite fit with the links available (where's the "folder" button/link?).

Edit - addition: it would be useful if those asking for help in a new thread, would add the prefix [SOLVED] to the thread title so when others are searching for a how-to that's not in the wiki, it would be clear what worked and what didn't. Could a message to this effect be applied to the thread-start page?

Last edited by demolition; 2011-05-09 at 13:53.