On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 01:56:34AM +0200, Hauke Laging wrote: > Am So 08.06.2014, 20:59:41 schrieb Peter Lebbing: [snip] > > > I recommend that all qualified people do the same when encountering > > > bad articles. > > > > The problem lies in "qualified". I think the authors of the bad advice > > consider themselves qualified, for instance. Otherwise why are they > > giving advice. > > I understand the guess but that is at least not my experience. If I tell > authors about their mistakes they are usually happy that I help them > improve their article. > > Maybe the main reason for writing is not feeling qualified but the wish > to help. Or they feel there are people even less qualified than they > themselves and write for those but do not believe that they are close to > the upper end of knowledge. Maybe the reaction depends on how they > assess the knowledge of the one who tries to correct them. The from > address of those of my emails may help there. ;-)
From time to time I will try to explain something, convinced that I am *not* the best choice to explain it, in the hope that someone more knowledgable will correct my errors. I figure that, if I trot out my limited knowledge, I may help someone to understand just a bit, and I too may learn something in the process. > I suggest: Just give it a try. That is my suggestion as well. -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer mw...@iupui.edu Machines should not be friendly. Machines should be obedient.
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