Re: how to deal with advertising submission for FAQ

dwe@eng.iac.honeywell.com
Tue, 4 Oct 94 13:07:36 MST

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Sasha_Wood wrote:
> ...[clip]...
> How should I deal with a suggestion of information to be included in
> my FAQ from a person/organization who stands to profit financially
> from the information?
> ...[clip]...
> (He found an old version of the FAQ, in which the reviewer stated that
> she thought the magazine was a little sleazy. This comment was
> removed in subsequent versions of the FAQ because other readers ...
> ...[clip]...
> Should I tell him to zark off? Should I try to integrate his
> information ...[clip]...

In the comp.software.config-mgmt FAQs I carry an address/phone list of vendors
and a paragraph or so about each ... submitted by *users* or distilled and
edited from several user submissions (ie, edited).

I try to edit out any potentially inflamatory statements (such as "sleazy")
which tend to be subjective and non-provable. When a vendor wants me to
update with what looks like advertising, I ask him to have one of his
customers submit a paragraph or so summary instead - which I edit in as
I determine to be appropriate. When pushed to provide long product info,
I have asked the vendor for his World Wide Web URL so I may direct peoople
to his own Web server for more info ... so far no one has taken me up on
this last request, but I assume it is only a matter of time. (I did poll
the newsgroup for such URLs, but got no response at the time.)

Hope this helps,

Dave

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