> Is it possible for a FAQ to be REMOVED from *.answers, in
> much the same sense that a member of this mailing list can be
> (bypothetically) removed from it by mass opposing consensus?
Since when is the Usenet community a democracy?
If I have an AOL account, does that mean I can vote six times?
> 1) Beyond conformity to the header style and periodicity,
> I see no standards listed that preclude news.answers approval of
> nigh to anything. Are there any?
I would think that as long as the information in the FAQ does not
break some existing law, it should be okay. The problem of course, is
what constitutes breaking a law. I think robbing a bank is against the
law, while a "HOW to rob a bank FAQ" might not be. Otherwise books
like the Poor Man's James Bond book (is that what it was called?) and
other titles would be unlawful in the US (don't even ask me about
non-US countries).
> 2) If a FAQ is judged wildly inaccurate, one can respond
> with a counter-FAQ, and/or ask for the person to correct it. Is
> there any way to get it's news.answers FAQ halo removed?
How do you measure how wild an inaccuracy is? Four falsehoods per FAQ?
What do you do for FAQs that are inaccurate but don't paint the
*entire* picture (i.e. self-promoting text on a new drug by the
pharmaceutical company, for example)?
I would think that instead of pulling the rug out of an inaccurate
FAQ, it should be countered with a counter-FAQ. That, if the original
FAQ maintainer refuses to make the needed corrections (which they
might not feel is needed). Every posting of the original FAQ can be
followed by a counter-FAQ. You will be providing more information
without squelching someone else's right to free speech.
There is of course, the issue of social responsibility. However in the
Usenet community, I don't know if that's ever been tested. Has it?
Lani Teshima-Miller (teshima@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.edu) "Sea Hare" o/ /_/_/
UH School of Library & Info Studies. "Whatever the cost of our o|<0_0>------*
libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant \=^-| |_| |
nation." -Walter Cronkite [R.a.b.bit--FAQ Maintainer: "Think Ink!"] \_B}\_B}
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