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 ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]