Why RTFM is broken ( and how to use your FAQs )
RTFM is easy... for YOU... RTFM is there because WE ( those already knowledgeable individuals) are lazy.
200 page manual vrs a paragraph who would choose the prior? nobody.
Simply put: RTFM assumes that the user knows the language of what they're after: ( whats a "method", how is an "array" different from a "variable", how do "variable pointers" differ from "variables" themselves )
If this was a solved problem Natural Language Processing wouldn't be the massive field that it is today.
In conclusion:
1) I need to work on giving better answers to those asking me questions
2) Keep a current FAQ ... but also realize you're the expert on the matter... and theres quite a bit of value in being the proxy between a user... and the information they're after.