Re: Archive header proposed wording

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From: Henry Spencer (henry@spsystems.net)
Date: Fri Jun 01 2001 - 10:55:00 CDT


On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> > It is unwise to assume that merely marking an article with...
>
> I like the original better, for what that's worth. But if you change
> "It is unwise to assume" to something like "Authors should not assume"
> (or posters) it would be okay.

My "unwise" wording was specifically crafted to avoid loaded words like
"should". :-)

> I don't believe we should comment on wisdom in a standard...

Why not? If something is unwise, saying so is perfectly reasonable.

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry@spsystems.net


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