Re: A FAQ


"Bruce Sinclair" <bruce.sinclair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in message news:ZYCye.13099$U4.1585179@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article <050720051102264407%shiver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, SHIVER ME TIMBERS
> <shiver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Mary Fisher <mary.fisher@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> We have a perfectly good system already.
>
>>Matt you are the second person within a year who has tried that.
>>
>>Now I'm just a lurker but I agree with Mary.
>>
>>If it ain't broke why try to fix it.
>
> FAQs are not usually there for the "old hands" ... they are mostly for the
> new comers.
>
> Imagine if this were you ... would you find it useful then ? ... I know I
> would have :)

No, it's been far more useful to me (when I was a newcomer) to have good
natured, direct, individual replies to my questions, which also give the
opportunity of asking secondary questions.
>
> Most groups have a FAQ. Very often, it stops the 412 th thread titled "my
> chicken is sick". At worst, it cuts the repeats down a bit.

I doubt we've has anything like as many as that - but a FAQ wouldn't answer
that question without having all the possible symptoms listed, geographical
location, feeding, age and breed and other variables.

This group doesn't have a huge amount of traffic but it has residential
experts who are very willing to reply appropriately and at once.

Then there's the matter of who orgnises the FAQ, would it be you?

Mary


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