[HP4GU-FAQ] citations and editing styles

[Steve Vander Ark]

> (2) There seem to be several different ways of documenting one's
> FAQ. Penny
> has lovely footnotes that conform to everything I can remember
> forgetting in
> my Chicago Manual. Other people have integrated references into
> their texts.
> Yet other people have used footnotes but added hyperlinks to principle
> egroups discussions. Should I be emulating any one of these styles or just
> doing whatever I feel like?

My vote? Let's not get too anal retentive about this. (Wait, that looks
wrong...does "anal retentive" have a hyphen?) We have different editors
using different styles and that's okay. It's simply too much work to try to
standardize it and there's no real value to it for now. If someone wants to
PAY us to create this ultimate reference source, that's a different story.
But this is a free service we're offering here, one that is already a TON of
work for a lot of people. I think it's fine if it doesn't have that final,
corporate polish. In fact, I like the fact that it's clearly the work of a
number of dedicated people, not one person's slick finished product.

Steve