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Re: Feature requests: Official "KiCad Team" section on website, migrate and update FAQ

 

Yes, you are right.

I'll try to prepare some drafts and put it in GitHub. Thanks for fixing my
way of thinking, really.

On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 2016-01-10 10:38 GMT+01:00 timofonic timofonic <timofonic@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > Hello.
> >
> > The website and the project are evolving a lot, congratulations!
> >
> > I see a small issue: There aren't an official "About us" or "About the
> team"
> > with a list of official KiCad Team members (maybe even subteams too?). I
> > believe having this information in an easy to access and structured form
> > could add credibility and trust to the project.
> >
> > About the FAQ:
> >
> > I see there's a FAQ in Launchpad (I hope everyday the project switches to
> > GitHub), but it's extremely outdated.
> >
> > https://answers.launchpad.net/kicad
> >
> > - Suggestion #1: Use Askbot https://github.com/ASKBOT/askbot-devel
>
> Why? We already have Chris Gammels forum.
>
> > - Suggestion #2: Recollect all questions and update them, using AsciiDoc
>
> YOU shall start picking some examples in some note, you can't expect
> anyone else than you to do this for YOU. There is still some good info
> in the old FAQ page form confluence. You could start rewriting that
> one. And then maybe we can include that on the website as a FAQ page.
>
> > - Suggestion #3: A mixed approach, using Askbot for questions and an
> > official FAQ.
>
> Of course it is mixed. I makes no sense to just set up a ASKBOT and
> expect that to become a FAQ. It is essentially just another forum
> software.
>
> >
> >
> > Kind regards.
> >
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