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- In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.950327112601.22730y-100000@gaspra.pd.com> Dave Gilinsky <dave@gaspra.pd.com> writes:
- >From: Dave Gilinsky <dave@gaspra.pd.com>
- >Subject: Responsible Posting
- >Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 17:55:53 -0700
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- >I would like to see a new atmosphere of responsible posting on the
- >Lightwave newsgroup and mailing list. I would like to see more people
- >cite their sources when they volunteer information about topics that they
- >are not familiar with first hand, like "This imaging company did that". I
- >would like to see more people justify their technical explanations with
- >sources for givens and formulae, like "According to the ASC Guide for
- >Video..." I realize that more detailed articles take more time to write,
- >but some of the busiest people in the Lightwave user community are on
- >this list and they are taking the time to formulate thorough responses and
- >disseminate valuable, verifiable information with sources cited. I think
- >it's worth a little extra effort to ensure that the Lightwave newsgroup
- >and mailing list are high confidence sources of information for all of us.
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- I agree. I also think this relates to a previous post pointing out the need
- for a FAQ. Debates on some subjects could be resolved by - "Refer to the FAQ".
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