[SpamCop-List] Re: make it clear

[Miss Betsy]

"jdd" <jdd at dodin.org> wrote in message
news:dcn94d$edt$1 at news.spamcop.net...
> WazoO wrote:
>
> > I'd have to suggest that a bit more than "noises" have
> > been attempted.
>
> having a forum is great, but having the web pages
> understandable is better. why the forum's clues are not at
> least linked from the relevant pages?

Absolutely, the web pages should be revised.  However, nobody who
is charge of the web pages apparently thinks that it is necessary
(or at least, revision is at the bottom of a 'to do' pile that
never gets low enough to get revisions done).  There have been many
volunteers over the years to clarify the web pages, but TPTB have
never accepted help.

If you are interested in clarifying instructions, then the only
place that your comments will be considered and used is the forum.

Or, if you do not like the forum, you can make your own boilerplate
answers and whenever someone asks a question in the newsgroup, you
can give them a clear answer.

Actually, in spite of the web pages, most reporters manage to
muddle through and rarely access either the ng or the forum for
help.  IMHO, part of the rationale for not revising the pages is to
eliminate those reporters who are technically non-fluent and are
either incapable or unwilling to learn the basics.  Those, as
reporters, would be more likely to make mistakes and thereby lessen
the usefulness of the scbl.

Miss Betsy