FAQ Topic - Why do some posts have <FAQENTRY> in them ?

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FAQ Topic - Why do some posts have <FAQENTRY> in them ?
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If a poster feels that the question they are answering should be
covered in the FAQ, placing <FAQENTRY> in your post lets the FAQ
robot collect the messages for easy review and inclusion. A Draft Proposal
for the FAQ is requested and appreciated.

The <FAQENTRY> should not be used in posts except in
conjunction with a suggestion/proposal for the FAQ. It should
also not be literally quoted in replies, instead it should be
partly obscured as, e.g. <FAQ**TRY> or similar.


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Dr J R Stockton

In comp.lang.javascript message <[email protected].
If a poster feels that the question they are answering should be
covered in the FAQ, placing <FAQENTRY> in your post lets the FAQ
robot collect the messages for easy review and inclusion. A Draft Proposal
for the FAQ is requested and appreciated.

The <FAQENTRY> should not be used in posts except in
conjunction with a suggestion/proposal for the FAQ. It should
also not be literally quoted in replies, instead it should be
partly obscured as, e.g. <FAQ**TRY> or similar.

So if Weed asks a question which Ben answers; and Ben, having failed to
find his answer in the FAQ, uses the full denotation; and Bill, an
expert, points out that Ben is in all respects completely wrong, gives a
sound answer, and uses the munged denotation ... a FAQ maintainer
seeking the full denotation will find the false answer but not the true
one.

That seems unreasonable.

Also, in the first paragraph, "a poster" ... "your post" is illiterate.
 

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