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From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
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Subject: Re: Stuck-up Wizards (Re: Summary and Fix for "slashes in filenames")
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Date: 14 Feb 91 01:35:27 GMT
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In article <=H_&Z9#@rpi.edu> rodney@sun.ipl.rpi.edu (Rodney Peck II) writes:
>and finally, just because a question comes back again and again, doesn't
>mean that all the wrong answers have to be dragged out again.  that's what
>the faq is for -- if someone wants to say "hey I read these answers in
>the faq, and I didn't see this idea .... why won't this work?" -- that,
>in my opinon, would be fine.

I certainly agree with you, but let me make a suggestion.

Instead of people complaining about people sending out wrong answers,
or even answers at all, let's all try doing this:

	If someone posts a frequently-asked question, mail them a copy
	of the FAQ posting, and point out that the answer is there.

	If someone posts an answer, be it correct or incorrect, mail
	them a copy of the FAQ posting to remind them that the answer
	is already available to everyone in a consistent format.

I did this myself for a while, made some friends in the first case, and
got some pretty interesting excuses in the second.