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Note from the Editor . . .
I had hoped to have been caught up on the backlog resulting
from last year's special by now, but it looks like it will be at
least issue #40 before things are back to normal.
I have done three things to help relieve the backlog. First, I
have limited the number of queries in this issue to 3 per person
so as to represent a larger number of submitters. (See editor's
note in #36 about query selection methods.) As always, remaining
queries will appear in successive issues. Secondly, I have
minimalized editorial space. And finally, I have set aside
several queries that do not meet the word limitations for free
queries. (Of course, paid-for queries having extra words are
unaffected.)
This last point is important. Printing those queries results
in the delay of the publication of those from people who have
followed the guidelines. For instance, I have set aside 8
queries having a total of 922 words. As a result, I have been
able to print at least 18, possibly as many as 25, more queries
than I otherwise could, while advancing the cutoff date by about
3 or 4 more days. I have also decided to discontinue sending
notices to persons that do not adhere to the word limitation. It
is the submitter's obligation to know the guidelines. Founding
Subscribers can refer to NQF #2 about their benefits and word
limitations or send an SASE requesting a copy of the Founding
Subscriber guidelines. (Founding Subscribers have a account
number less than 1,000.)
Although I am now publishing only six times a year, each issue
this year has had about 100 more queries than those of last year.
If this keeps up, by the end of the year NQF will have published
approximately as many queries as in 1993. But, even tho ugh there
is presently a backlog, don't stop sending in your queries! That
could result in a dry period and fewer queries per issue later in
the year.