Periodically, the *.answers moderators get flamed for approving an
"inappropriate" FAQ for some newsgroup. There have been several over the
years; the common thread appears to be a complaint that the FAQ is wrong, in
some cases "crackpot", and that approval for *.answers conveys, to some
people, an aura of authority that the flamers complain is wrong for these
postings. The disclaimer points out, truthfully and briefly, that *.answers
approval is based solely on fitting into some guidelines based on the message
format (headers and suchlike), not on some sort of blessing-on-high from a
subject expert.
Flamewars are infrequent, but time consuming and (for me, at least)
emotionally draining. The last biggie was sometime last summer or fall over
sci.physics/sci.answers, but there was a smaller one recently over the Traci
Lords FAQ.
We're not supposed to moderate based on content, so I'd like to have something
I can *always* ask for, without having to single anything out. I can't
necessarily predict which items will get flamed, and would rather not give
anyone the impression that some group of FAQs is distinct (which is why I
added the disclaimer to all my own FAQs). What's ideal for me personally is
if FAQ maintainers come to accept such a header as universally reasonable so
that I can add it to the guidelines and request it on all new FAQs.
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