Proposal: Weekly FAQ pointer (was Re: Newbie: Is there a faq for this newsgroup?)

[Mike Fletcher]

Writeup is pretty simple...


Subject: Weekly Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Pointer
The Python Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) collection (with searching
capabilities) is available here:
	http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw.py?req=home

The Python FAQ as a single static document is available here...
	http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html

Python Software Activity (PSA) members can add new entries to the FAQ (see
the welcome message from the PSA sent when you joined).


Still need someone with presence of mind (or a decent CRON scheduler) to
volunteer to post it every week :) . Enjoy,
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: aahz at netcom.com [mailto:aahz at netcom.com]
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 2:11 PM
To: python-list at python.org
Subject: Proposal: Weekly FAQ pointer (was Re: Newbie: Is there a faq
for this newsgroup?)


In article <38cb9f9a$0$1338 at motown.iinet.net.au>,
Aesop <me at my.own.computer> wrote:
>
>        Been programming in python for, well about 2 days now. Have a whack
>of dumb questions that are probably guaranteed to see me flamed to death.
Is
>there a FAQ anywhere? oe better still anyone got any good links to tutorial
>type sites for people who have not touched a computer language in about six
>or so years?

We've been getting a lot of questions like this lately, despite the
existence of python.org.  I think that a >>very short<< weekly FAQ with
pointers to the five or six most common URLs would be pretty handy.  I'm
willing to write it up if someone else takes the responsibility for
posting it; I'm just not sure whether I should talk to Fred, Barry, or
someone else.  Suggestions?

(Yes, I'm more than aware of the weekly Python-URL!, but that's not
labelled "FAQ" and it's a lot longer than someone who wants a quick
answer to "Where's the FAQ?" will read.)
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