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Subject:Re: Request for change From:Tom Tadfor Little <tlittle -at- LANL -dot- GOV> Date:Thu, 8 Feb 1996 11:38:56 -0700
I've subscribed to this list for months, and I hardly ever post.
Why?
Because the list owner seems to actively discourage postings:
First, there is the default "reply to" that goes to the poster rather than
the list. This is insulting and a damn nuisance. It says we don't
have enough judgment to determine for ourselves when something should
be taken off-list.
Second, there are the common wrist-slappings whenever a posting doesn't
satisfy the narrow, anal-retentive conditions of relevance to technical
writing.
Now, there is the assertion that posts about how to choose correct
words and write a literate sentence are not appropriate in a discussion
of technical writing. NEWS FLASH! For some of us, technical writing
involves _writing_, not just pondering the deep philosophical issues
of communication theory.
How 'bout a little slack?
(Or run a moderated, invitation-only list for the five or six people
who think writing is off-topic on a writing list)
Tom Tadfor Little tlittle -at- lanl -dot- gov -or- telp -at- Rt66 -dot- com
technical writer/editor Los Alamos National Laboratory
