Re: Questions Answer

[Beverly Parks <bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH1 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL>]

First off, *Thank You Everybody!* who responded to my question
about questions that weren't questions. When I first started
getting replies back, I was sending individual thank you notes.
But as the replies kept pouring in I realized I couldn't do that
and still get work done. So, please accept this single "thank
you" to all of you.

The predominant suggestion was to recast the sentences as
questions. This is the solution I will most likely implement.
Following a close second was the suggestion to use "problems"
with a "problem/solution" structure, rather than the
question/answer structure. However, someone pointed out the
negative connotation of the word "problem." Problems? *We* never
have problems! I guess many companies avoid negative language
whenever possible.

Other suggested terminology included
  Issues (or issues/solutions)
  Situation/explanation
  Condition/remedy
  Scenario
  Troubleshooting
  System Hints
  System Messages
  Unexpected System Responses (I loved this one--A way to say
                               problems without actually using
                               the word "problem"!  Unfortunately,
                               not all "questions" related to
                               a system response; otherwise, I
                               might have used this one.)

Thanks, again.

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