FAQ #668 : Questions : Launchpad itself

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Become an Answers contact for the targetted project. See "How do I become an "Answers" contact and help with questions about a project ?" - <a rel="nofollow" href="https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+faq/667">https:/<wbr />/answers.<wbr />launchpad.<wbr />net/launchpad/<wbr />+faq/667</a><br /> 2. A new "Create a FAQ" link will show up on that project's open questions.</p> <p>Similarly, a new "Create a FAQ" link will also appear when you try to link an existing FAQ to an open answer. If the search results don't match a useful FAQ, you will then be able to create a new one.</p> <p>Project owners will see a "(+) Create FAQ" link on the project front page if their project uses Launchpad Answers.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="side-portlets" class="yui-b side"> <div id="global-actions" class="portlet vertical"> <ul> <li> <a class="menu-link-list_all sprite info" href="https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+faqs">List all FAQs</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="portlet" id="portlet-related-questions"> <h2>Related questions</h2> <ul> <li class="question-row"> <a class="sprite question" href="https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/19146" title="It seems to me that the only way for me to add FAQs to my project is to ask myself a question, an...">#19146 How do I create a FAQ entry without asking a question first?</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer" class="footer"> <div class="lp-arcana"> <div class="lp-branding"> <a href="https://launchpad.net/"><img src="/@@/launchpad-footer-logo.svg" alt="Launchpad" width="65" height="18" /></a>  •  <a href="https://launchpad.net/+tour">Take the tour</a>  •  <a href="https://help.launchpad.net/">Read the guide</a>   <form id="globalsearch" method="get" accept-charset="UTF-8" action="https://launchpad.net/+search"> <input type="search" id="search-text" name="field.text" /> <input type="image" src="/@@/search" style="vertical-align:5%" alt="Search Launchpad" /> </form> </div> </div> <div class="colophon"> © 2004 <a href="http://canonical.com/">Canonical Ltd.</a>  •  <a href="https://launchpad.net/legal">Terms of use</a>  •  <a href="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/dataprivacy">Data privacy</a>  •  <a href="/feedback">Contact Launchpad Support</a>  •  <a href="http://blog.launchpad.net/">Blog</a>  •  <a href="https://canonical.com/careers">Careers</a>  •  <a href="https://ubuntu.social/@launchpadstatus">System status</a> <span id="lp-version">  •  78860d9 (<a href="https://dev.launchpad.net/">Get the code!</a>) </span> </div> </div> </div> <script id="json-cache-script">LP.cache = {"related_features": {}, "context": {"self_link": "https://launchpad.net/api/devel/launchpad/+faq/668", "web_link": "https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+faq/668", "resource_type_link": "https://launchpad.net/api/devel/#faq", "id": 668, "title": "How do I create a FAQ entry without asking a question first?", "keywords": "support", "content": "You need to become an Answers contact for the project you wish to create new FAQs for.\n\nFollow these steps:\n\n1. 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