Thanks to Seb for starting a useful thread (and to Joel for trying valiantly to keep it on-track! ;-) A few thoughts, in no particular order - 1. A quick-n-dirty way to improve documentation might be to adopt the FAQ system from the CMF Dogbowl - http://cmf.zope.org/doc/FAQ/ - after Tres setup the basics, it took me a couple of hours to add them all, cos basically they're mostly just links to relevant maillist-archives, how-to's, and Zopelab entries. ...as many have said, the documentation is usually out there somewhere, no need to re-invent the wheel. But it's often hard to find when you're not quite sure what you're looking for. (Of course, CMF is a much smaller topic than "Zope", but you could split things into manageable topics and divide the workload) 2. If you've done some research/problem-solving in a particular subject, but don't have time to do a full How-To, why not just post a list of the useful links you found on your Member pages? I started doing this with Windows-related stuff - http://cmf.zope.org/Members/joned/winstuff - updates welcomed. (Not trying to blow my own trumpet here, just examples of ways a lazy/busy person can contribute without writing lots of docs :-) 3. When people answer a mailing-list question with "It's in the archives", it's much more helpful if you also give a few clues (like "It was posted last month", "by Joe Bloggs" or "try keywords x and y") - yes, everyone should "do a Google" before posting questions, but often you're not quite sure what you're looking for! 4. The ZMI Help pages are wonderful (and, I suspect, very underused). My only suggestion would be to include more, short, syntax examples to help dummies like me understand some of the API references more easily. <tongue-in-cheek> 5. Windows users are not your enemies! ;-) We're struggling valiantly to introduce the wonders of open-source into the "belly of the beast" (MS-dominated organisations/markets). We're on the frontline of the battle to diminish the global dominance of Microsoft - stop shooting us in the back, and start passing us more ammunition instead! </tongue-in-cheek> Huge thanks to ZC for the Windows installer, which makes it a 5 minute job to setup a new system. But in other areas, Windows-users are made to feel like "second-class citizens", or gatecrashers at the open-source party! Hope that's helpful Cheers, Jon