In povray.newusers Johannes Hubert <jhu### [at] algonetse> wrote:
: Please face reality:
: People will always ask questions that are already answered in some FAQ
: somewhere.
: You then have three options:

: 1. Ignore the question, and think "he'll find the answer in the FAQ or some
: kind soul will help him"
: 2. Point the person to the FAQ
: 3. Berate the person about not reading the FAQ and appear really childish by
: doing this...

  But this is not "a FAQ". This is "The FAQ". No, no, it's "The VFAQ" ;)
  You talk about "some FAQ somewhere". Well, I have never seen any FAQ
anywhere about povray. I have never seen anyone answering something like
"the answer is in the FAQ located at...".
  A have also seen that people ask same questions again and again. No matter
how many times you answer, they will ask the same question again. A question
which isn't answered anywhere.
  So this is why I wanted to put those answers in one file so that when
someone asks the same question again, you can save time and typing by
answering just "http://something/povVFAQ.html#question".
  I threw the idea on the news, and the feedback was very encouraging. People
sent me lots of questions and answers. I also received feedback from people
who have read it and liked it and who learnt many things about it. It
seemed like it would be "The FAQ".
  Now it is out there, and it's the only one I know.
  When somebody asks a question in the FAQ, I regularly answer with a proper
URL to the exact location of the answer. Sometimes, specially at the
beginning, some people answered to questions with the URL to the FAQ (but
not with the exact location to the answer, ie. with the #parameter after
the URL).
  Now I'm the only one who answers with the VFAQ. Even those who sent me
questions and asnwers have stopped using it (you are one of them, shame on
you! ;) ).

  Your reply sounded to me like you were insinuating that I'm a little bit
hypocrite. Well, maybe that's so, but I sincerely thought that people,
specially those who contributed in making the VFAQ, were really interested
in it. I sincerely thought that I was making some worthy for the pov
community.
  It's a bit discouraging that one of the contributors answers this way...
It's a bit disappointing that my work seems to be futile.
  Sorry, I'm not blaming you or anyone else. I'm just awakening to see the
cruel world...

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