Re: FAQ formats

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John David Chao (chao@louie.udel.edu)
Mon, 31 Jul 1995 03:16:06 -0400



Terry Carroll says:
| On Sun, 30 Jul 1995, Frank Gadegast wrote:

| > Well, but that is rather selfish, isn't it ?
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| I don't think that maintaining a FAQ can be characterized as selfish,
| simply because the FAQ is not in a preferred format. Regardless of
| format, increasing the informational content is a service to the net
| readership, not a selfish act.

I'm writing a FAQ on gender-free pronouns (sie, hir, zie, zir, etc. -- seen
in soc.singles & other groups frequently). For me, a large part of my
motivation comes from it being an artistic / creative exercise, and if it
had to be in some official format i probably wouldn't be doing it.

-jc
chao@ee.udel.edu



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