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Excerpts from post made to: alt.philosophy.taoism and alt.magick.tyagi
with a Subject: header of "Re: How to create a FAQ here [that is,
'alt.philosophy.taoism']?" on kaliyuga 49960205
|...the first part of creating a decent FAQ is a gradual and dedicated
|storage of FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS IN THIS NEWSGROUP, since the
|purpose of a FAQ is the responding to these in a way which inspires
|additional and new input from newbies who read it.
|What you're probably talking about is a REFerence file, which can only
|present one or more points of view about these questions, and hopelessly
|bias the information.
|CF the 'Zen FAQ' which merely provides common ideas about zen and zazen.
|...FAQs... obtain from their originators, whether that be from a group
|or an individual. Unless you first compose a list of questions which
|are freqently asked here (and this requires that you stick around the
|newsgroup for a while -- I'd suggest a year or two), then you'll only
|create a file of propaganda masquerading as a 'FAQ' (as are most of
|them online).
|It is explosively ego-building to create a FAQ. One becomes 'the source'
|or 'conduit for authority'. Unfortunately it is also a slam to the
|minds of those who take the 'FAQ' as gospel truth rather than as one
|more propaganda file, from which they will of course have to recover.
[quote ends]
Comments welcome.
tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com
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