[R-wiki] exhortation & question about FAQ

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Bolker <bolker at zoo.ufl.edu>
>>>>>     on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:30:38 -0500 writes:

    Ben> [first sent to r-sig-wiki-request by accident]

    Ben> now that the FAQ has gone public (more or less) it
    Ben> would be great if we could get some more content up ...
    Ben> thanks to Phillipe Grosjean and Romain Francois
    Ben> (and whoever "129.132.58.30" is ... Olivier Powell???)

[ 129.132.50.30 is my (hopefully pretty well firewalled) desktop..  
  I have a problem logging in *and* registering, since it seems
 "maechler" has a login already, but I don't know the password :-\ 
]

    Ben> and a question/comment:

    Ben> FAQ:plotting-faq

    Ben> looks to me like it should go under tips:graphics-base ;
    Ben> I'm worried that material is going to start getting duplicated/
    Ben> separated in a "FAQ" section and a "Tips" section.  Opinions?

Initially I didn't like the idea to have a FAQ section in the
Wiki at all, since there's the official R FAQ and "R for windows
FAQ" already and we (R core) really want people to read (and
re-read!) these officials FAQ lists.  I've then seen that you
(Philippe) were aiming for a different ``mostly orthogonal'' FAQ
list and could well live with that.
Still I'd like to reconsider calling these 'Tips / Hints / .." FAQ.

BTW, relatedly, when looking for "Introduction" in the Wiki,
I've been unable to even *find* a hint to the official "Introduction to R";
something that we (R core) would *really* want people to know
about and take time to read *before* asking FAQs ..

If the above sounds negative, I want to divert those sentiments
and express my tremendous gratitude towards Philippe Grosjean
principally but also to several other thoughtful and active Wiki
writers and discussants!

Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich