I am not quite sure the FAQ segment here applies
to the underlying issue, which is whether it
is a good idea to email Statalist stalwarts
privately on what would more appropriately be
a Statalist question.
I posted a purely personal statement on this
topic on 2 May.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/lwgate/STATALIST/archives/statalist.0705/Author/article-44.html
I suspect that a revised version of that posting
might be appropriate as advice in the FAQ.
If you have strong opinions either way, please
let me know _privately_.
Nick
[email protected]
Austin Nichols
> Note that requests for help on Stata should be sent to Statalist, not
> individuals on the list. Following the FAQ:
> "
> The Statalist convention is that you reply to the list, not to the
> poster. Please do not request a direct personal reply, unless the
> question refers to information about (for example) a job or paid
> consultancy. Otherwise, you will bother the list with your question,
> but the list does not benefit from any answers. If people reply
> directly to you, consider posting a summary to the list. Go private,
> however, if a thread turns into an arcane or convoluted dialogue
> unlikely to be of wide interest, and then summarize to the list.
>
> Continuing or closing a thread you started is important, especially by
> answering secondary questions and by reporting what solved your
> problem.
> "
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