Re: A FAQ


"unicorn" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>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.
>>
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>> 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.
>
> And how many initial posts contain that information Mary....

I've no idea. Have you?

> Most simply say the bird is sick, list some symptoms and leave out where
> they are, climate, age, feeding and breed. As you know, many diseases
> attach either young or mature birds and not both.

I didn't know that.
>
>>
>> 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.
>
> Yes, and would it not be great to have a list of links for wormers breed
> descriptions etc handy to point the person to. Instead of the usual
> response of "I don't know what is available in 'insert country here'
> consult a vet".

I believe that we usually get something more specific than that.
>
>
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>> Then there's the matter of who organises the FAQ, would it be you?
>
> Actually, I would not have suggested it if I were not prepared to take
> the time to maintain it.

OK, do it. There's nothing stopping you. You asked

"Do we want a FAQ? What form should it take? Who would be interested in
contributing? Anything to say on the topic at all?"

I said

"I don't know about what others want but I wouldn't use it. We have a
perfectly good system already."

That's all. I didn't say don't do it under any circumstances, it would never
ever be used, it's the work of the devil - or anything like that:-)

Mary
>>

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