> Even the name -- Frequently Asked Questions -- no longer fits in
> all cases. Though generally called FAQs (since that term is so ingrained
> into net.culture), it's an entire family of informational documents, from
> newsgroup charters to lists of lists.
I think that's a bad precedent.
A FAQ is a FAQ and a list of lists is a list of lists. It kinda irks me
to see someone ask for a FAQ when what they want is a list. Just as it
irks me when someone asks for me to incorporate one of the lists into the
FAQ :-)
> And, IMHO, there is no way to be more useful to the 'net at large
> than to maintain a much-needed FAQ.
Amen to that, brother.
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