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Beginners > Archiving the most frequently asked topics?

#8356 - yaustar - Tue Jul 08, 2003 11:56 pm

Does anyone think that a zip file holding some of the best discussions within this forum would be a good idea?

Topics such as 'random numbers' and 'where to find x y and z' could be downloadable as one file for newbies to read.
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#8370 - Saj - Wed Jul 09, 2003 9:31 am

Not really because you can find that information here in the beginners section and at

http://www.gbadev.org/tools.php

and there's also the FAQ that is kept up-to-date by Tepples.

I can see how it would be useful but it would be a greater load on bandwidth and would have to be updated as urls change, new topics develop, etc.

Just my opinion though! What does anyone else think?
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#8374 - antysix - Wed Jul 09, 2003 11:35 am

Nah, I think Tepples FAQ is enough, but maybe it's a good idea to put the FAQ in a word-document and put the file in the downloads-section so people can read it off-line if they want.
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#8378 - tepples - Wed Jul 09, 2003 12:10 pm

Distributing Word documents publicly is strongly deprecated.

If you want to download the FAQ to read it later, right-click this link and choose "Save Target As..."
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Last edited by tepples on Wed Jul 09, 2003 8:15 pm; edited 1 time in total

#8382 - Sweex - Wed Jul 09, 2003 1:48 pm

I think that the FAQ should stay a "live" thing, where people can comment and update it easily. This way there is one place where you can always access the latest information.

And if you don't have internet access at all times, you can use Tepples' suggestion!

#8419 - yaustar - Thu Jul 10, 2003 1:12 am

ok then.

result, not good idea/already been done

case adjourned
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