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Until now, I didn't feel that it was necessary to
chime in regarding this matter... As you may remember
I am the last person who posed a question in regards
to the same topic, to which I received the same curt
responses.
In Grace's defense, online book depots may provide
reviews, but the most valued opinion comes from
experienced professionals that we can identify or
correspond with. That is where the list comes in.
Such responses that Grace and I have received are
unnecessary and they undermine the what I believe are
the intentions of the list--to serve as a valuable
resource to all technical writers.
If it is not the intent of the writer of the response
to be curt, I would ask that you spend a little more
time considering how it could be misinterpreted.
Kristyna
--- Grace Fielder <gfielder -at- typemaker -dot- co -dot- uk> wrote:
> Is there really any need to be so negative towards
> people asking questions?
> I realise that people who have been on the list for
> some time may have heard
> certain questions many times, but if you don't want
> to reply or even read
> it, just delete it. The people on the list who don't
> mind answering
> questions have been invaluable to me, as a new tech
> writer in a company that
> has never had a tech writer before, but its very off
> putting having people
> comment in a negative way on your queries. If you
> can't say anything nice,
> don't say anything at all.
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