# Faq **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 2, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/faq/6573 "2012-02-02T11:22:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David\_Stendardi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/david_stendardi/32/2990_2.png) [@David\_Stendardi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_Stendardi)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/faq/6573/1 "2012-02-02T11:22:07Z")
Hi folks, What do you think about contributing a FAQ on the [elasticsearch.github.com](http://elasticsearch.github.com) ? I'm reading this mailing list for 2 months now and i noticed that the same questions are asked over and over. (ex : advantages of sharding by name, sorting and multifield, etc...) An FAQ would probably help ? -- David Stendardi ---
**Author:** ![Andrej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@Andrej](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrej)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/faq/6573/2 "2012-02-02T17:05:21Z")
+1 for this idea (at least as long as Shay is not writing a book about elasticsearch ;-)) I would be ready to spend some time on this too, as I was thinking about the same idea for a while. Maybe this would also be a good starting point on where documentation should be extended. Greetings Andrej ---
**Author:** ![Onilton\_Maciel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/onilton_maciel/32/2500_2.png) [@Onilton\_Maciel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Onilton_Maciel)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/faq/6573/3 "2012-02-02T17:11:02Z")
+1 Would it be a wiki-like thing? Or something like stack-overlow or shapado[http://shapado.com/](http://shapado.com/) ? On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Andrej Rosenheinrich \< [andrej.rosenheinrich@unister.de](mailto:andrej.rosenheinrich@unister.de)\> wrote: > +1 for this idea (at least as long as Shay is not writing a book > about > elasticsearch ;-)) > I would be ready to spend some time on this too, as I was thinking > about > the same idea for a while. Maybe this would also be a good starting > point on where documentation should be extended. > > Greetings > Andrej ---
**Author:** ![Nick\_Hoffman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nick_hoffman/32/1872_2.png) [@Nick\_Hoffman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nick_Hoffman)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/faq/6573/4 "2012-02-02T19:02:20Z")
The GitHub repo has a wiki built-in, which many projects take advantage of. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Stendardi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/david_stendardi/32/2990_2.png) [@David\_Stendardi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_Stendardi)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 7:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/faq/6573/5 "2012-02-03T07:55:06Z")
I think the github repo is the best option : the FAQ would be limited to _very_ frequently asked questions. Browsing the mailing list archive could be a good way to elect these questions 🙂 2012/2/2 Nick Hoffman [nick@deadorange.com](mailto:nick@deadorange.com): > The GitHub repo has a wiki built-in, which many projects take advantage of. -- David Stendardi ---
**Author:** ![yin\_weifeng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f4b2a3/32.png) [@yin\_weifeng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yin_weifeng)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/faq/6573/6 "2012-02-03T09:08:18Z")
+10 ---
**Author:** ![ajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@ajan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/faq/6573/7 "2012-02-03T12:02:35Z")
+1 On Feb 3, 2:08 pm, yin weifeng [ywf1...@gmail.com](mailto:ywf1...@gmail.com) wrote: > +10 > > -- > View this message in context:[http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/FAQ-tp3709592p3712500](http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/FAQ-tp3709592p3712500)... > Sent from the Elasticsearch Users mailing list archive at [Nabble.com](http://Nabble.com). ---
**Author:** ![Wes\_Plunk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wes_plunk/32/2446_2.png) [@Wes\_Plunk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wes_Plunk)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/faq/6573/8 "2012-02-03T15:45:35Z")
+1 Would that be an appropriate place to put an index of all the configuration options? I've started a list of what I can find scattered among all the pages of the site and what I've seen mentioned in posts. Pretty sure it's not complete but if someone has a complete copy that would be great ---
**Author:** ![Nick\_Hoffman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nick_hoffman/32/1872_2.png) [@Nick\_Hoffman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nick_Hoffman)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/faq/6573/9 "2012-02-03T16:16:46Z")
On Friday, 3 February 2012 10:45:35 UTC-5, Wes Plunk wrote: > Would that be an appropriate place to put an index of all the > configuration options? I've started a list of what I can find > scattered among all the pages of the site and what I've seen mentioned > in posts. Pretty sure it's not complete but if someone has a complete > copy that would be great Yup, the wiki would be a great place for that info. ---
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/faq/6573/10 "2012-02-03T19:04:19Z")
Besides an FAQ for these _very_ frequently asked questions, I would like to see a cookbook with different real-world usage patterns, similar to the O"Reilly cookbook series. I believe someone started a different git repo with some. -- Ivan On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:55 PM, David Stendardi [david.stendardi@gmail.com](mailto:david.stendardi@gmail.com) wrote: > I think the github repo is the best option : the FAQ would be limited > to _very_ frequently asked questions. > Browsing the mailing list archive could be a good way to elect these > questions 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/faq/6573/11 "2017-07-06T03:40:41Z")