Standard Question Format {was: Re: [Rockhounds] netiquette topic}

[Al Balmer]

On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 12:53:26 +0200, "Axel Emmermann"
<axel.emmermann at pandora.be> wrote:

>Usually, a plea for help comes as a question about
>
>1) Technical advise in cleaning, faceting, polishing etc.
>2) Locality
>3) Mineral determination
>
>The questions of the first type are pretty recurrent (muriatic acid, saw
>blades). Usually one could suffice with a referral to archived discussions?

The usual approach to this is a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list,
which is kept available on a web site and referred to when
appropriate. It can also be posted to the list on a regular basis,
though it could easily get big enough to make that undesirable.

-- 
Al Balmer
Sun City, AZ