[GNC] FAQ (WAS: End of Year?)

[David T.]

For the record, I'm also against this popup, but for a different reason. 

The FAQ is an overwhelming never-shrinking aggregation of items that would be better placed in other documentation. Including it on a monthly basis would not really benefit a new user with a specific problem. When I go to the FAQ, I am usually forced to do a find in the page to locate anything.

On a side rant, the fact that every year there is a spate of new users asking the same set of questions that are covered extensively in some form of the documentation underscores a disconnect that the community hasn't worked out. 

For whatever reason, the disconnect between how Gnucash is viewed by the outside world and how it actually works seems to cause a significant range of new user difficulties. 

⁣David T.​

On Jan 14, 2024, 1:23 AM, at 1:23 AM, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>Sorry, I would not like to see an FAQ pop up in this list on any 
>periodic basis.
>
>What you are describing there is akin to a 'sticky' or 'pinned' post in
>
>a web forum.
>
>This is not a web forum.
>
>We have the Wiki, which has the FAQ section. We also have the Help 
>Manual, and the Tutorial & Concepts Guide. Those are better places for 
>standard, regular advice on how to use the software. This list serves a
>
>different purpose — to offer assistance that those sources don't (maybe
>
>yet) cover.
>
>Some redesign of the website pointing to the FAQ might be in order, but
>
>that would take some careful analysis, and of course, someone to code 
>the changes.
>
>Regards,
>Adrien
>
>On 1/13/24 11:19 AM, R Losey wrote:
>> But the larger issue is that I believe this email list could benefit
>from a
>> FAQ that is posted monthly or every other month to this group. The
>wiki has
>> some neat ideas about tracking year to year equity growth.
>
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