Remembering what this section of the forum is for.

[Seg]

Back in the good old Usenet days, we used to have these things called FAQ lists...

This problem was solved decades ago.

Sick of answering the same question multiple times? Put it in the FAQ list. (Hint: Wiki)

Put up giant red flashing warnings everywhere to not post a question unless you've checked the FAQ. If someone does anyway, just politely direct them to the FAQ. No need to be a dick about it.

Fact is, some people just like being dicks. *cough*

[MrAureliusR]

There actually IS an EEVBlog wiki. Those of us here who have something to contribute have to talk to the Mods and/or Dave and see if we can start to get editing privileges. If we can shape up the wiki, we could easily have the best (not to mention the first) great electronics wiki on the net.

I think that's a kick ass goal to shoot for, AND it would solve a lot of the above problems. A newb asks a question that's easily answerable, and someone just links to the EEVBlog wiki page.

Who's down with that?  I've seriously thought about the wiki here many times and how great it could be. Currently it's pitiful but that's nobodies fault, we just need to pitch in and shape it up.

[Smokey]

You wouldn't have to start from scratch.  A whole lot of wiki pages could get pulled straight from forum posts with minimal editing.  There are really some gems floating around here. 

[c4757p]

Second! This is a good idea.

[Fsck]

There actually IS an EEVBlog wiki. Those of us here who have something to contribute have to talk to the Mods and/or Dave and see if we can start to get editing privileges. If we can shape up the wiki, we could easily have the best (not to mention the first) great electronics wiki on the net.

I think that's a kick ass goal to shoot for, AND it would solve a lot of the above problems. A newb asks a question that's easily answerable, and someone just links to the EEVBlog wiki page.

Who's down with that?  I've seriously thought about the wiki here many times and how great it could be. Currently it's pitiful but that's nobodies fault, we just need to pitch in and shape it up.

didn't know there was a wiki. it'd probably save a lot of the new threads especially if the wiki is kept constantly updated.

[ve7xen]

It would be a lot easier for everyone to use the wiki if it were attached to the same user database as the forum. That alone would probably make it much more attractive for people to use and update.

[MrAureliusR]

Even if there was just a link at the top you mean? I noticed that too, you have to go to eevblog.com directly to access it. Also, there's no page create ability.

The wiki needs the following:
a) ability to register thru email verification
b) page create for registered users only
c) a trial period of anonymous edits to see if it gets nailed with vandals and/or spam
d) rules such as no brand suggestions (that's what the blog is for), stick to practical approaches. Wikipedia already has a thousand words on Ohm's law, we need practical articles BUT we don't want to be Instructables II
e) I know I only have a hundred and something posts but I'm volunteering right now to be a mod or admin or whatever of the wiki. I've been a constructive editor and contributor to Wikipedia for over 6 years and I'm very good at editing and keeping things easy to understand. We're going to have to see what Dave says but I for one have the initiative to start writing helpful articles based off of my experience. Of course everything needs to be cited to be useful.

What does everyone think? Should we go to Dave?

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