TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Can I try modifying Andrew's statement? I realize that Andrew is not going
to agree with this, but what's new.
[Not wanting to try to eliminate all] Inaccuracies (through every practical
means possible] are 100% the direct fault of the author(s) and editors.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
jposada -at- book -dot- com
212-414-6656
icq: 178047452
aim: jposada1
"The only errorless document I've ever created is still on my hard disk"
----John Posada
-----Original Message-----
From: eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com
[mailto:eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com]
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 1:25 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Article: "Living Documentation"
Andrew Plato wrote
> Inaccuracies are 100% the direct fault of the author(s) and editors.
Another inflamitory statement and a red herring. If the writer is to
actually do
some writing, they're going to have to base some of their facts on
engineering and development data and documentation. If those
documents/data are erroneous, then it certainly isn't the writers
fault
that there's an error.
If there's a change at the last minute after the docs have been printed. Is
it
the writer's fault? Of course not.
Seems just like more of Andrew's patented loathing of techwriters in
general.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Purchase RoboHelp X3 in April and receive a $100 mail-in
rebate, plus FREE RoboScreenCapture and WebHelp Merge Module.
Order here: http://www.ehelp.com/techwr-l
Help celebrate TECHWR-L's 10th Anniversary starting this month!
Check out the contests at http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/special/contests/
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday TECHWR-L....
---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as:
archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.
