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Re: [faq-maintainers] Intro 'n' Q: insincere criticism

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From: hes@unity.ncsu.edu
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 07:41:29 CST


J. Blustein writes:
> ... so I try to keep the answers close to what I think the consensus
>view is, and I say so at the start of the FAQ. ...

  I make the same attempt in alt.locksmithing, but don't say it at the
start. Most areas aren't controversial, so I describe concensus, or
lack thereof, at the appropriate points.

> In another FAQ I maintain (alt.backrubs) I have sometimes had other
>people write sections or answers. We agree that because I post the FAQ
>under my name I have final say over what goes in it, but I give them
>full
>credit for their answers (sometimes I quote them too).

  I do this by using pieces from postings and from letters - and I give
credit either with the contribution or in a separate section at the end.

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--henry schaffer

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