Agreed,

The problem is, that even if the wiki was in such a place that it stared someone dead smack in the face when they logged on, chances are, it wouldn't be used all that much by newcomers.

Some people nowadays would rather post a "Hey, dow do I turn my phone on" type question (I'm exaggerating, but you get the idea), instead of reading through a wiki in order to find their answers...

They don't bother to do a quick search before posting, what makes "us" think they'd bother reading some "silly" (in their eyes) wiki before asking their question.