Posted by Exalted One on September 11, 1998 at 02:53:42:
Not to complain, but I see a constant pattern happening at this board, and many of the other editing message boards. Someone will ask a question, and usually someone responds with an answer. The problem happens when the answer comes from one of the persons that is considered a good editor, or a regular of the board from an editing group. Why is this a problem? Well, these regulars as I call them, more often than not, misunderstand the question and leave an answer that has nothing to do actual question, or they generalize and give a half ass answer, or they are really sure, so they give an educated guess. On top of this people reading the messages, who may know the answer, don't respond because "so and so" answered it. Why should they waste their time answering something that "so and so" probably already did?
Why do I bring this up? Because many of the editing message boards have been getting for a while, and are continuing to get bad reputations.. The people running the boards don't see it, becuase they for the most part are in this "upper-crust" editing circle, and either don't care, or are just blind to what goes on.
Now, I know that many of the message board operators are infamous for deleting messages that they believe are inappropriate (usually critical of their site, or their message board), so I am posting this message at as many of the editing message boards that I can find.. Such as darkjedi.com, jediknight.net, massassi, etc.
If you find you are having trouble getting an answer from one of the main editing groups/sites, and/or their message boards, I suggest that you try posting on The Dark Void's message board. We are a new editing group, and while we may not have all the answers, so far most of the people who are and have been posting, are doing their best to find the answers. The Dark Void can be found here http://www.blarg.net/~kyle/index.htm
Good luck to all the new comers, learners, and editors in your quest for knowledge! I hope that you are successfull!
The Exalted One