Nic: These items predated your term as webmaster. I believe Bill Herr
was webmaster at the time, 5-6 years ago.
If you deleted anything that looked more like an article, then a
lot was certainly deleted. I know that the collecting FAQ we sweated
over was relatively lengthy, as it deserves in my opinion. I disagree
that FAQ items should always be brief, although I agree that we should
strive to distill the essentials.
A good FAQ should be fairly easy to search and cover all the
major areas of inquiry. Not an easy task to produce. It should also
have a quality review periodically (at least every couple of years)
which updates and corrects any errors or omissions.
Maybe we can relocate some of these old items and reassess.
Alan Walker
http://bonsai-bci.com http://LCBSBonsai.org
-----Original Message-----
SNIP However, I just took a look, and it seems that much of
the FAQ is missing. For example, I know that I was part of a committee
(with Jim, Kevin, Reiner, Anton and some others) who debated a good
while on just how to present that material in terms of language,
priorities and emphasis. Apparently all reference to collecting has
been deleted from the FAQ. Does anyone know what happened to it and how
it could be restored?
The FAQ we have posted right now just seems pretty anemic,
especially considering all the effort given to it in past years.
+++++++++++++++
The committee you mention is not something I was involved with. I
assume
that it was organised during the period where I had stepped off as
webmaster, for about 12-18 months until last June or so.
I have not seen any remodelled FAQ, and have taken the material I
inherited
when I first picked up the IBC site, approximately 4 years ago. I don't
have any new material.
In my latest revision of the site, I let go a few things from the FAQ,
since
they were redundant and included the material in more appropriate places
(i.e. books when in book reviews). Some things were more article than
quick
Q&A's (which I think is more along the lines of FAQ, though I may be
wrong
here.
I would be glad to add to the FAQ with new material. Feel free to
submit
things to me.
Nic
************************************************** ******************************
++++Sponsored, in part, by Ken Rutledge++++
************************************************** ******************************
-- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ --
+++++ Questions? Help? e-mail
+++++