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Those who film documentaries and also documenting things.
Playing Devil's advocate here, why can't documentary film makers and technical writers/communicators share the title "documentarian?"
I know you folks have strong opinions, so let 'em rip.
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From: Mike McCallister [mailto:mike -dot- mccallister -at- pkware -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 11:22 AM
To: Julie Stickler; Cardimon, Craig
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Subject: RE: [BULK] Re: The word "documentarian"
Don't want to get into another "title" thread, but I had two reactions:
* That's kinda cool. I could think of worse things to call myself, but...
* Don't they call people who make documentary films "documentarians"?
Mike M
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From: techwr-l-bounces+mike -dot- mccallister=pkware -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+mike -dot- mccallister=pkware -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Julie Stickler
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 10:15 AM
To: Cardimon, Craig
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Subject: [BULK] Re: The word "documentarian"
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That's not how I describe myself. I'm a technical writer.
On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>wrote:
> The "Write The Docs" conference (
>http://conf.writethedocs.org/na/2014/index.html ) is using the word
> "documentarians" to describe what we do.
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> I don't recall seeing this word very often before.
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> Is this how we are describing ourselves now?
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