For me, a youtube video just made it happen. I couldn't get it to work otherwise. So really my rationale was: "video worked best, I wish it was all in video form." It also put the wiki in perspective so I could figure out what I didn't understand and why it might have been difficult.
Bad rationale You're saying: "since a video solved my issue, then videos are the best way to solve all issues".
Actually the problem is not what media carries the content (wiki, video, ...) but probably the wiki is not very clear somewhere or should be expanded to cover your specific issue. Being a wiki, you can directly go and edit it.
That way if its not relevant any more the only thing needed its to either remove the link or contact the author to update the video
]]>"video worked best, I wish it was all in video form."
No one is stopping you
]]>I think the wiki should add a mini video of each step of the code being written, (or link to a 3rd party hosted file). This would prevent users from trying to use sites such as youtube ect to speed up the installation process.
Why do you want to prevent that in the first place? The wiki describes a way (the most supported one btw) to install Arch, but you can use whatever method you want, provided it works.
Besides, IMO the only way to "speed up the installation process" should be through experience, and users installing the system for the first time or so shouldn't expect to do it in 5 minutes, at least I don't think that's the kind of users we want to support (disclaimer: I don't speak on behalf of Arch Linux).
such as: I would like this to be
1) HDA1
2) C:
3) myfirstarch
4) cody ----------------------->***bad pun on a user name
none of those strings matters much to a new user, but obviously we don't want system crushing conflicts.
get it?
]]>how about a fill in the fields/ search and replace option
Where? I'm not sure what are you talking about here.
]]>I think the wiki should add a mini video of each step of the code being written, (or link to a 3rd party hosted file). This would prevent users from trying to use sites such as youtube ect to speed up the installation process.
Actually you can do it even right now.(adding a 3 rd party link like youtube).I don't think anyone forbid you from linking to 3rd party site. Its just that its too much work already with just text.
]]>I agree that pictures and video would be nice, but for now you will have to rely on external sites. Nothing wrong with creating a series of screenshots / a slideshow and putting a link to it somewhere.
]]>Video has higher memory retention than written text. View counts could also point out the areas arch users struggle with the most. Removing the communicative process can be beneficial since not everyone on the internet speaks the same language.
Just a thought, based upon how I prefer to learn. Its just a little more storage space, but if the videos follow the installation instructions exactly, it shouldn't be a lot of work since its just a wiki. Pick a standard font size and color and wait for the community to chip in.
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