Re: flashpoint of the week: editors and writers egos

[Andrew Plato <gilliankitty -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

"Chuck Martin" <> wrote ...

> I was disappointed. The comments of both judges were substantailly along the
> same lines: that there wasn't a page of index for every 10 pages of content.
> The feedback was quantitative, not qualitative.

STC contests are almost totally meaningless. They are mostly a popularity
contest that everybody hands their friends within the chapter. Its like me
giving me an award. There is no objective assessment of the quality of the
material. 

We discussed this on the list a while back. 

Don't take STC judges seriously. All they can assess is fonts and styles. They
can not adequately assess the content or usefulness of documentation.

Andrew Plato 

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