On Aug 16, 12:15, Andrew Gierth wrote:
} Kade> My argument is that an FAQ is not a digest message because it
} Kade> consists of a single message containing multiple sections
} Kade> (which may be questions, or may be groups of sections or
} Kade> questions).
} Take a look at the existing collection of FAQs. Some are formatted as
} ("minimal") digests, e.g. the "Introduction to *.answers" FAQ itself,
} and others are not formatted as digests (e.g. my own FAQ).
} So this is a style issue that different FAQ authors have their own
} views about.
} No-one is suggesting that all FAQs should be formatted as digests.
And indeed the introduction to the FAQ on minimal digest form (which
I wrote) makes this all quite clear.
I think much of the discussion here could be short-circuited merely
by reading the first few paragraphs in it.
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