RE: When reviewers collide

["Richard L Hamilton" <dick -at- rlhamilton -dot- net>]

Sounds to me like a job for your editor, because he will
have an unbiased perspective.

However, be sure to let him know the full situation so
you don't drop him into a wasp's nest without warning.

Richard Hamilton

Managing Writers: A Real World Guide to Managing Technical Documentation
http://xmlpress.net/managingwriters.html 

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> Yesterday, I held a document review meeting in which one of 
> my reviewers said that two paragraphs should be rewritten for 
> clarity. I rewrote them and sent the new versions out to 
> everyone who was at that meeting, and now one person says he 
> liked my original wording better. So, what to do - come up 
> with a hybrid, stick with the original wording, or give both 
> versions to our editor and let him make the decision.
> 
> David Downing
> Senior Technical Writer
> Credit Union Solutions
> Fiserv
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