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Some questions come up frequently in this board that have a clear answer, so I was wondering we could compile a list of frequently asked questions and there answers and then make a sticky thread about it. I think there is a similar thread in random discussion.

That is a great idea!
We can start with a topics like:
"What is empathy?"
"Do aspies have empathy?"
etc.

These are mentioned every week, at least.

"Should I get a diagnosis?"
"What is ToM (Theory of Mind)?"
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even a list of common abbreviations like AS, Dx, ToM, NT would be helpful for newcomers

Maybe some links to the quizzes everyone is always talking about? I can't ever seem to find the things you all have been reading.

Have a look here: http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt113459.html

We could always throw a few links to other topics in as well.

But we should try to avoid having FAQs listing FAQs.

Many basic questions are already best answered by a Google search and it's often more productive to approach a forum discussion armed with at least some basic knowledge of the subject.
And this thread: http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt172380.html despite being humorous and tongue-in-cheek, does deal with many questions.

For your information, there is a general Wrong Planet FAQ here: http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt32554.html
plus a whole forum dedicated to the Wrong Planet site itself here: http://www.wrongplanet.net/forum13.html
and of course this: http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt73835.html
so we appear to be fairly well FAQ'd already.

The first link was exactly what I was referring to in the first post. The problem is that there is none in this board, and people might not know where to look.

Not too sure I'm following you here - that link is a "sticky" at the top of the forum's topic listing.
It's a sticky to make sure it never moves and is always visible, and the topic is the very many questions that are frequently asked on WP.
Isn't that what you asked for (I think)?

Yes, that's exactly what I'm asking for, as there are no stickies related to this in THIS forum. Or one of the other FAQs could be made into an announcement so it appears on all forums.

Ah, Ok.
IIRC that topic did start off in General Autism Discussion but because it isn't entirely serious, ended up in Random Discussion instead - so to create some sort of an announcement for it in General Autism Discussion effectively links it back to what isn't really the best home for it.
Nevertheless it is a sticky, and is easily found by glancing at the top of the forum index page.

Also the examples Burnbridge gave and as jackbus01 mentioned, earlier - some questions do seem to appear every week and more to the point, they are also often answered every week - so perhaps the "search" function on the top right of the screen would provide an immediate and detailed answer to many of these queries.
As an aside, it's something of a problem with many forums - if a user hasn't thought to use the search function then they're quite likely to not read the FAQ either and so, inevitably, the same questions are still asked time and again. For example, the link I gave to the list of tests: it's a sticky at the top of this forum.

You can probably appreciate that FAQ entries covering topics like "Should I get a diagnosis", "What is ToM" and "Do Aspies have empathy" are more suitable for discussion than a FAQ because the answers are not straightforward - which is possibly why there isn't one dealing with them - but if you're able to compile a FAQ which provides concise answers to these questions, maybe linking to relevant and helpful WP threads but hopefully not just being a list of links, then we'll see how it goes from there.
It might be easier to view it as a dictionary of common terms/acronyms rather than a FAQ? Just a thought.