# How far to take user documentation?

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**Created:** [14 يناير 2014، 12:21ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-far-to-take-user-documentation/11943 "2014-01-14T00:21:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [14 يناير 2014، 12:21ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-far-to-take-user-documentation/11943/1 "2014-01-14T00:21:26Z")

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In [pull request 1821](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/1821), @eviltrout asked:

> "About rails s: I wouldn’t be against adding it but at what point do we stop holding their hand and expect them to know how rails works? I’m sure rails documentation could do a better job than us. Actually maybe we should just link to that?

What point to stop holding their hand? I guess it’s along the lines of showing a toddler how to walk.. let’m try once they can barely stand up on their own. 🙂

I know that two months ago, I wouldn’t have had a clue what to do at the end of that how-to. Even still, I’m not certain that it’s just a matter of `rails s` to get started. What other steps need to be added?

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