Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2013 September 28

= September 28 =

Loading Contacts as CSV files to Linked - In (the Social Networking site)
1. I spent 5 weeks trying to do this recently. [ NB My frustration is NOT the real motivation for this query.! ]

2. I concluded that this facility in the software was so limited it was deficient.

3. There were discussion groups on Linked In itself about this subject. Recently they seem to have been deleted.

4. So the website can conceal its weaknesses.

5. I would like to find a place to record, for public consumption, the knowledge I gained in those 5 weeks. Wikipedia was the best thought I came up with. (ie “came up with, as an alternative to L - In itself “). I bethought me to ask for an article on Wikipedia on this subject.

6. However where would this information go?. I suspect Wikipedia is NOT an Instruction Manual, though I have found its aid in learning about software absolutely invaluable. And would like to see it grow to extend that.

7. Arising from points 2 to 4 above, I think (oops, I foresee a Personal Opinion about to be expressed!, they also are inappropriate) there should be some, er, I think push – back is the word to use in this document, against the trend for software to only state what it WILL do, when importantly it fails to state what you would expect it to do, but it does not do. I recall that Lotus used to do this, Microsoft (= the evil empire) does not. Result, tons of frustration. And, in M S's case, a huge Knowledgebase as result, or counter t9o the reluctance to state what the product will not do.

8. What is the view about this request? (and indeed about the Moral Crusade for Greater Truth in Software Documentation)ASBeesley (talk) 21:24, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not the place for it. The articles here are based on published reliable sources.   If you want to share what you have learned, you will need to find different venue.  RudolfRed (talk) 00:09, 29 September 2013 (UTC)