For this weeks meeting agenda...

[Christopher Aillon]

On 09/11/2005 02:07 AM, Patrick Barnes wrote:

>The current appearance of the document is largely dictated by the
>perspective and the form of the wiki.  The 'myths' are the focus of the
>document.  Dispelling them with the facts is its purpose.  It is not
>meant to be read by drive-by reviewers.  People who view the page are
>looking for reasons.  That said, I will try to go back and improve the
>contrast to better highlight the facts.
>
The point is that your document is capable of being read drive-by, 
thanks to the nature of the internet (and e.g. Google).  The people who 
are susceptible to myth and most need to read that document are also the 
most likely to be confused with the wrong message if they happen to come 
across it the same way I did.

Disregarding that, there is still something even AFTER i read the 
document through that makes the human (at least this one) focus on the 
bullet points.  Those being negative really hurts.  Let's focus on the 
positive.  Perhaps something like:

* <b>Q: Is Fedora Core unstable and unreliable?</b>
* <b>A: No.  In fact, many businesses rely on Fedora Core for day-to-day 
operation and, in some cases, critical infrastructure.</b>  The 
misconception that Fedora is unstable is driven by two things:

Basically, give the reader the bottom line information up front, and 
then if they want to read the full response, they can.  This helps 
ensure the information we provide will be construed in a manner 
desirable to us.