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zammm

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Sep 27, 2011 -- 12:58PM, rudolf wrote:
There are a half-dozen or so posts starting at #55 that say "reserved for FAQ expansion". Can't you edit one of those to be a new FAQ entry?

Yes, but just adding the new entry at the end throws off the organization of the thread. Maintaining the organization requires moving every entry one post down.

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And so people say to me, "How do I know if a word is real?" You know, anyone who's read a children's book knows that love makes things real. If you love a word, use it! That makes it real. Being in the dictionary is an artificial distinction; it doesn't make the word any more real than any other word. If you love a word, it becomes real.
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jeff-heikkinen

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Sep 27, 2011 -- 1:02PM, zammm wrote:
Sep 27, 2011 -- 12:58PM, rudolf wrote:
There are a half-dozen or so posts starting at #55 that say "reserved for FAQ expansion". Can't you edit one of those to be a new FAQ entry?

Yes, but just adding the new entry at the end throws off the organization of the thread. Maintaining the organization requires moving every entry one post down.

I suspect most people follow the links in the first post(s), and aren't aware that it's organized in any particular order. Certainly that's what I do; I only figured out there even was an organizational scheme fairly recently, more or less by accident. So I think having a few newer entries dangling off the end isn't the end of the world; if it bothers you, you can always note in the first post that newer entries are sometimes where you'd expect them to be and sometimes at the end (though since you're also presumably providing links directly there, the difference won't matter to most people reading that). Doing as Rudolf suggested seems fine to me, perhaps accompanied by doing a wholesale rebuild every few years to get things back in the order they "should" be in.

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DragonFox1001

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Agreed. I didn't even know posts were in order. I just follow the links if I'm trying to find something.

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zammm

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Sep 27, 2011 -- 1:55PM, jeff-heikkinen wrote:
I suspect most people follow the links in the first post(s), and aren't aware that it's organized in any particular order. Certainly that's what I do; I only figured out there even was an organizational scheme fairly recently, more or less by accident. So I think having a few newer entries dangling off the end isn't the end of the world; if it bothers you, you can always note in the first post that newer entries are sometimes where you'd expect them to be and sometimes at the end (though since you're also presumably providing links directly there, the difference won't matter to most people reading that). Doing as Rudolf suggested seems fine to me, perhaps accompanied by doing a wholesale rebuild every few years to get things back in the order they "should" be in.

My sense of reason sees your point, but my sense of aesthetics is whimpering in pain.

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And so people say to me, "How do I know if a word is real?" You know, anyone who's read a children's book knows that love makes things real. If you love a word, use it! That makes it real. Being in the dictionary is an artificial distinction; it doesn't make the word any more real than any other word. If you love a word, it becomes real.
--Erin McKean, Redefining the Dictionary

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Sep 27, 2011 -- 2:46PM, zammm wrote:
Sep 27, 2011 -- 1:55PM, jeff-heikkinen wrote:
I suspect most people follow the links in the first post(s), and aren't aware that it's organized in any particular order. Certainly that's what I do; I only figured out there even was an organizational scheme fairly recently, more or less by accident. So I think having a few newer entries dangling off the end isn't the end of the world; if it bothers you, you can always note in the first post that newer entries are sometimes where you'd expect them to be and sometimes at the end (though since you're also presumably providing links directly there, the difference won't matter to most people reading that). Doing as Rudolf suggested seems fine to me, perhaps accompanied by doing a wholesale rebuild every few years to get things back in the order they "should" be in.

My sense of reason sees your point, but my sense of aesthetics is whimpering in pain.

I kind of figured that was likely the case here . It probably takes a slight case of OCD to do what you do for this forum of your own free will, so it makes sense that it would bother you even knowing the practical importance wasn't all that high. If it helps, the fact that this is the first time it's come up probably means it won't be a major or ongoing concern.

But if WotC/Onesite can make some accomodation, like faking the timestamp on a post or something, they probably should even if you're the only person it matters to. You do this community a huge favour by compiling the FAQs and if they can make it easier on your nerves they should.

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DragonFox1001

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Sep 27, 2011 -- 2:46PM, zammm wrote:
Sep 27, 2011 -- 1:55PM, jeff-heikkinen wrote:
I suspect most people follow the links in the first post(s), and aren't aware that it's organized in any particular order. Certainly that's what I do; I only figured out there even was an organizational scheme fairly recently, more or less by accident. So I think having a few newer entries dangling off the end isn't the end of the world; if it bothers you, you can always note in the first post that newer entries are sometimes where you'd expect them to be and sometimes at the end (though since you're also presumably providing links directly there, the difference won't matter to most people reading that). Doing as Rudolf suggested seems fine to me, perhaps accompanied by doing a wholesale rebuild every few years to get things back in the order they "should" be in.

My sense of reason sees your point, but my sense of aesthetics is whimpering in pain.

"I have CDO. It's like OCD except that all the letters are in the correct order like they should be."

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[c=Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon]Skittles[/c] = Skittles

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Sep 27, 2011 -- 2:35PM, DragonFox1001 wrote:
Agreed. I didn't even know posts were in order. I just follow the links if I'm trying to find something.

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Sep 27, 2011 -- 2:46PM, zammm wrote:
Sep 27, 2011 -- 1:55PM, jeff-heikkinen wrote:
I suspect most people follow the links in the first post(s), and aren't aware that it's organized in any particular order. Certainly that's what I do; I only figured out there even was an organizational scheme fairly recently, more or less by accident. So I think having a few newer entries dangling off the end isn't the end of the world; if it bothers you, you can always note in the first post that newer entries are sometimes where you'd expect them to be and sometimes at the end (though since you're also presumably providing links directly there, the difference won't matter to most people reading that). Doing as Rudolf suggested seems fine to me, perhaps accompanied by doing a wholesale rebuild every few years to get things back in the order they "should" be in.

My sense of reason sees your point, but my sense of aesthetics is whimpering in pain.

"I have CDO. It's like OCD except that all the letters are in the correct order like they should be."

Heh.

[c]Forest[/c] gives you Forest