Re: NATHAN and the FAQ Dilemna

[pfg@yallara.cs.rmit.EDU.AU (Paul Francis Gilbert)]

swhite@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu (Steve White) writes:

>In article <61h2ui$5jt$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au>,
>pfg@yallara.cs.rmit.EDU.AU (Paul Francis Gilbert) wrote:

>> Are you seriously saying that you obtained FAQ maintainership without
>> the CSA2 community's knowledge? Did God come to you in a vision and say
>> "Nathan Mates, thou shall maintaineth the CSA2 FAQ."? Did you do a secret
>> deal with the previous maintainer to take over without the knowledge of
>> the CSA2 community? 

>Paul,

>Try to understand this.

>ANYONE can write a FAQ. Anyone can post something and call it a FAQ. There
>is no vote, no permission required, no group consensus needed, nothing.

>Even if some in cmsa2 previously asked Nathan to write such a FAQ, he's
>not required to, nor is he required to continue to do so, nor is he
>required to conform to any group-imposed code of behavior.

>If you don't like what Nathan has done, write your own FAQ series, and post it.

>steve

See my previous post... I concede the distinction now. My only cotention is
that without the consensus of the group, Nathan will not have the right to
call his FAQ "The" comp.sys.apple2 FAQ. If he wants to call his FAQ 
"Nathan's Kick-Arse Apple 2 and Anti-Turley FAQ" he'll have obviated the
last of my objections.

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