[Rockhounds] Re: Standard Question Format

[Alan Goldstein]

One option is to develop several different FAQ pages. For example, FAQ's can 
be written for fossil ID, mineral ID, lapidary, working with chemicals, 
evolution and science, equipment, etc. Many of the FAQs can be compiled from 
archived material. Different people can use their expertise to work on FAQs. 
I would suggest that this be done by people who agree to work on it who can 
"reply all" to each other so we don't plug up the list serve with a 
half-dozen FAQ development committees jabbering back and forth among 
themselves. We have enough people who post their personal replies to 
everyone instead of the one person who they are trying to reach.

Alan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Balmer" <albalmer at att.net>
To: "Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors" 
<rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: Standard Question Format {was: Re: [Rockhounds] netiquette 
topic}


> 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
>
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