Re: How did *you* get into this business?

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> Here's a question I've been wondering about for some time: How and why
> do people get into the FAQ-maintaining business?

Originally, it was because there were all these questions and nobody was
answering them... rec.games.miniatures, the subject was miniature figure
painting. I asked for help a few dozen times, gone no response, so leaped
in with both feet and posted the first FAQ. *That* got responses, and now
there are a lot of contributors, though a sizable portion of the writing
is still my original work.
The .signature FAQ stemmed from my frustration at seeing the question posted
2-3 times a week and the myriad of (often bad) answers responding to it. So
I put together something that reads fast and is east to impliment.

I giess you could call me an initiative FAQ-originator. I'm in the process
of writing two more...

- Britt
Keeping the rec.games.miniatures "Miniatures Painting Guide and FAQ"
and the news.newusers.questions "FAQ on making and using a .signature file"

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    "I was sleeping nicely, then someone shut the lid on my pillow...
		 That hurt."            - SJK 12-12-94 0500

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