Wiki, and the perpetual failures of people to look there 1st

[ban-all-sheds]

Any chance that this:

Wiki: Please see if the answer to your query is already covered by the Wiki

and the equivalents at the tops of all the other fora could be made a lot bigger?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

How about this as something more eye catching?

Wiki: Please see if the answer to your query is already covered by the Wiki

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Even if people looked, the Wiki could answer maybe 0.25% of all queries on the Forum! There's nothing in it relatively speaking.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I can see why you might think that....

http://search.diynot.com/forum_sear...author=freddymercurystwin&search=Search+Forum

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

 

[ban-all-sheds]

You're not a regular on the electrics forum.

The number of posts there from people who could find their answer in the Wiki is a lot higher than 0.25%....

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Oh fair enough, thought you were aiming at the Wiki in general.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Well, I'd be surprised if the Electrical forum was the only one with the problem of people asking questions already answered in the Wiki....

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

The Electrical section of the Wiki does appear to have some useful information, most other sections of the Wiki though, are somewhat lacking. Goes without saying of course that plenty of new threads have been answered 100 times or so before in previous threads though.

 

[D_Hailsham]

Any chance that this:

Wiki: Please see if the answer to your query is already covered by the Wiki

and the equivalents at the tops of all the other fora could be made a lot bigger?

The plural of forum is forums.

From Oxford dictionary:

forum

noun (pl. forums)

1 a meeting or medium for an exchange of views.
2 chiefly N. Amer. a court or tribunal.
3 (pl. fora) (in ancient Roman cities) a public square or marketplace used for judicial and other business.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

From Collins English Dictionary 21st Century Edition:

forum n, pl -rums or -ra

Merriam-Webster Online: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forum

Forum is a 2nd declension neutral gender noun, it's plural in Latin is fora.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_declension

Modern English usage also permits "forums", but that does not make "fora" wrong.

 

[Bahco]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_declension

You and your blooming Wikis!!!!!!!!!!

 

[noseall]

You're not a regular on the electrics forum.

It is a hostile place to visit, populated by argumentative opinionated arrogant self gratifying fools.

 

[Johnmelad502]

You're not a regular on the electrics forum.

It is a hostile place to visit, populated by argumentative opinionated arrogant self gratifying fools.

Yes, but only from one member in particular.

That said, does it really matter (BAS) if the same question is asked time, after time? If it annoys you (BAS) that much...