I've suggested it before and I'll suggest it again:
Could our moderator please place a link to the FAQ at the bottom of
each email, as well as or in place of, 'while a picture is worth a
thousand words.......etc'
Vicki Powys
On 16/09/2010, at 2:35 PM, chrishails50 wrote:
>
> Sorry if my post was not clear Rob, it was not about the old
> editing snag.
>
> I am suggesting making a link to your FAQ on the home page of the
> Yahoo Nature Recordists Group here:
>
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists/
>
> Right now, newcomers who do not know that the FAQ exists are still
> posting questions that your FAQ already provides answers to. To use
> the FAQ they need to be aware of it and how to find it.
>
> Maybe it is me that is missing something obvious here ?
>
> C
> --- In Rob Danielson <>
> wrote:
>>
>> At 6:16 PM +0000 9/15/10, chrishails50 wrote:
>>> ...... there is no evidence of its
>>> existence on the site. To be used folks need to know how to find it.
>>>
>>> (its here:
>>> <https://docs.google.com/View?id=dcvd49w8_23fbw2vqg2>https://
>>> docs.google.com/View?id=dcvd49w8_23fbw2vqg2)
>>>
>>> I would like to re-iterate a suggestion made some weeks ago by
>>> Gerald White to post a link on the home page to this - it could be
>>> in the introduction text or maybe better still as a menu item in the
>>> top left box where it could be easily spotted by a newcomer (some of
>>> those menu items never seem to be used and could be deleted).
>>>
>>> Chris
>>> <http://www.wildechoes.org>http://www.wildechoes.org
>>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Chris--
>> A squeaky wheel sometimes gets grease. There are no authorized or
>> designated editors. Permissions are set-up so that everyone with the
>> following link can add questions and answers:
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/Doc?
>> docid=0AZ5kt_Jb6O0yZGN2ZDQ5dzhfMjNmYncydnFnMg&hl=en&authkey=CLPDwPEP
>>
>> But there can be some extra steps for some users, initially. Should
>> you not get editing access automatically, scroll down and click on
>> the "Edit" button in the lower right corner. Sometimes this sends an
>> email request to me requesting access which I approve instantly.
>> Other times people get follow-up emails with directions and sometimes
>> people have to access the FAQ .doc from their Google docs account
>> page. No matter the course, folks who follow-up on the links report
>> that they get editing access eventually. Rob D.
>> --
>>
>>
>>
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