Just a quick question or two. Will it be necessary to amend the FAQ
advice on using statalist if a wiki is developed, advising users to check
the wiki before posting to the list? Are statalist members willing to
address questions that are answered in the wiki?
Thanks a bunch.
Sam
====BACKGROUND and more detals re: the query======
The Statalist FAQ currently states:
Before posting, consider other ways of finding information:
* the manual
* the online help for Stata
search can tell you about all built-in Stata commands, all
ado-files published in Stata Technical Bulletins or the Stata Journal, and
all FAQs on the Stata web site, www.stata.com.
findit can tell you about not only all of the above, but also
about user-written Stata programs available on the Internet.
* your local Stata expert or technical support person
* past issues of the Stata Technical Bulletin or Stata Journal, if
accessible
* the authors of user-written ado-files (who usually have email
addresses, but are not always members of Statalist)
* Stata technical support, if it is really a question for them
which for many people reduces to 1)the manual, 2)online stata help and
3)the (unmentioned) archives of statalist (as they may have no local
expert, have no access to STB or SJ, the issue may not concern an ado, and
the question may feel "off" for Stata technical support). So, should wiki
be added to this list if a wiki is developed? What does a developing wiki
mean for statalist netiquette?
Thanks a bunch.
Sam
=======END of BACKGROUND======
On Sat, 6 Jan 2007, David Airey wrote:
> Good to hear from Dr. Mitchell again!
>
> I'm inquiring about hosting a Stata Wiki site as part of the
> Vanderbilt Biostatistics Department tWiki pages. Seems a natural
> place to do it.
>
> -Dave
>
> --
> David C. Airey, Ph.D.
> Research Assistant Professor
>
> Department of Pharmacology
> School of Medicine
> Vanderbilt University
> 8148-A Medical Research Building 3
> 465 21st Avenue South
> Nashville, TN 37232-8548
>
> TEL (615) 936-1510
> FAX (615) 936-3747
> EMAIL david.airey_at_vanderbilt.edu
> URL http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~david.c.airey/dca_cv.pdf
> URL http://www.vanderbilt.edu/pharmacology
>
>
>
> *
> * For searches and help try:
> * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
> * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
>
*
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