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I don't know the student who asked the original
question. Since I always give people the benefit of
the doubt, I assume she's a good student.
But in Iggy's defense, there's a concern that people
often post questions to this listserv (and other
online forums) without having first done research on
their own. Again, giving the benefit of the doubt,
maybe they have. But they usually give no indication
of having done so. I'm sure each of us could think of
at least three or four frequently discussed topics
that could easily be found with a quick search of the
listserv archive or the Internet in general.
To be sure, consulting SME's is a valid way of
gathering information, but I always make a point of
preparing myself so that I don't waste their time. I'm
reminded of programmer humor: "I ran spellcheck on
your code and took out all those extra parentheses."
And I would never assume that a college student (nor
anyone else for that matter) knows how to do
well-rounded research.
Steven Brown
Senior Technical Writer
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