On Sat, 10 Aug 1996, Sarah Projansky wrote:
 
> While I agree that a conversational tone is always refreshing, I would like
> to suggest that we not discourage research questions on this list.  While
> some questions SCREEN-L gets asked are easily answered through reference
> books or WWW searches, I have often appreciated references provided by
> collegues on this list in response to various people's questions.  I'd also
> suggest it's not always students who ask the questions that could be
> answered elsewhere . . .
 
        I couldn't agree more. In fact, I think the potential benefits of
having people asking questions, even if the answers to those questions
are available elsewhere, far outweigh the annoyance that someone might
feel at having to read them. I mean, nobody has to answer these
questions, after all. It seems to me particularly unsupportable and even
irresponsible to blame problems with the general quality of discussion on
the list on these requests, even more so when so many of us on the list
are educators.
 
Sean Desilets
Tufts University
 
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