One of the problems is that there is a lot of redundancy in the data across all FAQs. Worse, FAQs can disagree on the answers to the same questions, because they were maintained by different people at different times, and the site or subject changed over time. Also it has been pointed out that a few of the provider FAQs are bloated with outdated answers. There seems to be a desire in the larger FAQs for the FAQ to grow without bounds as it attempts to answer EVERY question that a particular forum-user has, instead of encouraging them to use the FAQ SEARCH to find the answers in other FAQs.
The guidelines for a good FAQ here should be that the FAQ sections and questions are all highly specific to the FAQ, and on-topic.
It's not really useful to have a FAQ explain what the term NID means, or how to get a gold star, unless the FAQ is, in the first case, a FAQ on network equipment terms, and in the second case, the site FAQ.
(The above is from a post by Justin)
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