Hello, all:
Well, if list discussion on this documentation change is invited, I have
three comments:
1. It's great to have people writing more documentation. There is a lot
to be explained, and it's wonderful when people take the time to explain
it. Thank you!
2. I am lukewarm on the topic, but I would not delete it because of
that. However, I think it a bit long to be an FAQ answer. It is one of
the longer answers in the FAQ. It would be better off on a separate wiki
page, linked to from a 1-2 sentence answer in the FAQ. The page could be
named "Rental Property Accounting" or something like that.
3. Is it really a "frequently asked" question? Does it need to be
linked from the FAQ page? I think the FAQ page is long and unwieldy.
Partly that is because I think we have let the FAQ page be the only
entryway we can imagine into the wiki. Thus every topic has to be framed
as a frequent question and linked from the FAQ page. A number of FAQ
answers would be better off as separate wiki pages. A number of topics
could be cut from the present FAQ page and put onto other topic pages.
I don't feel moved to make any changes based on these opinions, but
maybe this helps encourage someone else.
Best regards,
—Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada
On 2022-03-07 21:28, Geoff wrote:
Hi David
[[ Before responding I took the time to read the
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ from top to bottom. ]]
I understand the important role that reviewers like yourself play in
keeping multi-author documents to a coherent readable whole. I also
understand your concern that the overall solution involves a
spreadsheet, however I believe there is sufficient merit in this
answer to retain it in the FAQ. My reasons are:
(1) It is a well written and illustrated answer to a real world
problem that multiple GunCash users face.
(2) To paraphrase John Donne, "no software package is an island" and
spreadsheets are a natural complement to GnuCash and other accounting
software packages.
(3) There is a whole section of the FAQ under "Accounting Questions"
that is arguably "not really relevant to using GnuCash per se" as you
put it, but it still adds value to the overall GnuCash ecosystem.
(4) It does no harm.
So, my vote is to retain it.
Regards
Geoff
=====
P.S. THANK YOU Flywire for taking the time and making the effort to
update the FAQ. You have inspired me to try and do the same in 2022.
On 8/03/2022 12:45 pm, D. via gnucash-user wrote:
Flywire,
I received the attached notice about an addition you made to the wiki
FAQ page. The addition you made concerned rental statements. However,
the solution you offered was to use a spreadsheet. While the
information is likely to be useful to some users, it's not really
relevant to using gnucash, per se, and thus I don't think it belongs
on the Gnucash FAQ. Given that users are advised to check the mailing
lists as well as the wiki and manuals for guidance, I think that
adding this to the wiki isn't really necessary.
I'm sending this to the list because I'd rather discuss the issue in
the group, rather than simply changing your entry.
I am open to being wrong about this, but I think that this info would
be better placed somewhere else.
David T.
-------- Original Message --------
From: GnuCash <[email protected]>
Sent: Mon Mar 07 19:43:32 EST 2022
To: Sunfish62 <[email protected]>
Subject: GnuCash page FAQ has been changed by Flywire
Dear Sunfish62,
The GnuCash page FAQ has been changed on 8 March 2022 by Flywire, see
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ for the current revision.
To view this change, see
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For all changes since your last visit, see
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Editor's summary: How can I print a Rental Statement for my Tenant?
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