From: pd@doc.ic.ac.uk (Philip Daniels) Subject: Re: *** READ THIS BEFORE POSTING *** (1.10) Date: 16 Jun 1993 19:57:15 +0100
In article <1vn929$71q@klaava.Helsinki.FI> wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius) writes:
>The FAQ has been posted monthly for ages. It didn't help: people
>didn't notice it, and asked several FAQs per day.
The last time the FAQ was posted this site only seemd to get a couple of
parts, 5 and 6 I think. Anybody else notice this or is it just Imperial
College's wacky newsfeed screwing up?
>Then last summer/fall I started the Meta-FAQ posting. It was weekly.
>It didn't really help either: there were a lot of FAQs anyway.
>
>Then Ian started the daily posting. Now we don't have nearly as many
>FAQs.
I agree wholeheartedly. People who don't want to see it, well, they can
learn what a kill file is for.
>(The measurements of FAQs are based on gut feelings, not objective
>measurements.)
My gut feeling would also indicate that it is doing its job. Keep it
coming Ian!
>I think the daily posting reduces the volume, by making more people
>not post when they find what they want by reading the daily and
>reading the FAQ.
Agreed.
Phil.
--- Phil. (pd@doc.ic.ac.uk)
Brain failure (cerebral coretex dumped)