discuss: an idea: LDP rating
Subject:
Re: [discuss] an idea: LDP rating
From:
David Lawyer ####@####.####
Date:
17 Mar 2007 06:34:30 -0000
Message-Id: <20070317063239.GA5299@davespc>
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 09:08:53PM -0400, Andy Oram wrote:
> I think ratings may be better than nothing, but I wonder whether it's
> possible to do something more reliable than subjective ratings. I
> suggest quizzes in an article on my company's site (I get to that
> subject about three-quarters of the way down this page):
I think that most people who look at a HOWTO or other online Linux doc
don't read the entire doc. They often just read the parts that they
think will help them with the problem they currently have. Thus, only
the small minority of people who actually read thru the entire doc
would be able to take a quiz on the doc.
Having questions in a doc is like a textbook. Questions might be a
good idea where a doc is of the tutorial type and is intended to be
read in it's entirety. One type of question is where the reader is
asked to explain something (an essay type question). Since there is
no one to give a grade on the essay, the reader can just mentally do
it without writing it down.
David Lawyer
