MatsP wrote:
Yes that was a brutal page, please don't copy it at all. Even the title is an insult because it assumes that people are going to ask a 'stupid question'. Maybe we all do from time to time but courtesy should rule. I like your other suggestions for headings though.
I think some FAQ can be blurry because they're not specific enough, i.e., is it about catfish, posting, how-to set up a tank, what???
I like the part in the title that emphasizes that it's a
guide to Planet Catfish, maybe the "beginners guide.." or Getting Started on PC etc"
There's room for another tab, maybe in between 'Home' and 'CotM'. Someone could check to see what page or type of page is usually the first visited and make sure it's on one of the pages that's got the link. I got here by clicking on a link that took me directly to a species page, don't think I looked at the home page for ages.
I'll help if I can BE of help. I'm pretty good at catching all the spelling errors in the articles but am a little weary of pointing them out - don't want to be a nag.
I know I use the Canadian spelling for lots of things but I have no problem switching to the English or US when that's what's used elsewhere on the site.
I can send a load of newbie questions just by looking through all my posts - would that help? I have had tons of site specific questions and ones that need to be in the catfish specific FAQ.
I can reword questions that are a little too posh or use double negatives, I think we've got a lot of those here. Don't know if you guys would like that kind of help but sometimes a newbie can tell what another newbie will understand.
For Site specific, please post how to about putting a link up without the whole
www.blahblah and using a word instead like
Here
See? doesn't work because I forgot how to do that.
How to find site suggestions and bugs. I could never find that until I went to the home page, the drop down menu only has 'report bugs'.
How do I find more smileys?
How do I find "unanswered posts" and "active topics", need to sign in.
Common abbreviations like LFS.
What does that [*] actually do.
Why can't I type a proper catfish name into the quick find?
For a Catfish FAQ:
We need some better anatomy pics too. I think that could be a sub-section in itself - do catfish have ears? Where and what do they use them for? Whiskers? What for, etc. Some of these type questions may have to have a link to the scientific article. i.e., swimming upside down.
Medications would be another good title. I know we don't all have access to the same meds but just a quick primer of how most people here feel about certain meds or situations. Something like a Q&A of the main people here like, When to reach for the meds? Larry, MatsP, etc etc. These type of explanations seem more credible than a blanket statement. Perhaps a little blurb about what certain meds do, like wipe out your filter bacteria. Another repeat of the scaleless caution never hurts either.
Catfish stings
Algae-eaters?
"pregnant" catfish
Okay I'm getting a brain cramp, too many ideas and I don't know if I can help with this or I'm just giving you guys more work.
Racing, shoes and fish. Nothing else matters. Oh, and bacon.
On your My Aquaria page you can enter your tank details and a picture, and say which species are kept in there.
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