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From: rcj@burl.UUCP (R. Curtis Jackson)
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Subject: Re: Rotating answers -- a survey (REPLY BY MAIL ONLY!!)
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Date: Mon, 3-Jun-85 18:19:23 EDT
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OK, the 'Daddy' instinct surfaces.  As founder of this newsgroup
a long time ago, I volunteer to take votes on whether articles containing
answers (partial or otherwise) to puzzles should:

a) Contain no warnings in the title/subject,
b) Contain a warning (*SPOILER* is a good one) but not be rotated,
c) Contain a warning \and/ be rotated.

If anyone cares, my preference is a strong one for (b).
I am against (a) because there are a lot of people (including myself)
who would like to know if there is an answer coming.  I am against
(c) because it is more trouble than it is worth.  I know there
are some people who just print news because they only have a printing
terminal or because they don't have time to read news at work, but
rotation is a pain in the bedoogees and not worth the effort (in my
view, of course) to cover this (extra small) minority.  And, if you
see the word *SPOILER* and hit return anyway, you deserve what you
get.

One other suggestion that I would welcome feedback on -- when the
author of a puzzle decides to give the solution to an unsolved puzzle
or wants to tell his/her solution that may be slightly different
than posted answers, how about a short indication in the title?
Something like "*AUTHOR'S ANSWER*"?  That way I know that I'm
looking at the answer from the horse's mouth, so to speak, which
is (usually) correct.

Believe it or not, I \will/ summarize to the net unless I get fewer
than 10 replies,
-- 

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