[Terrapreta] Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page on Terra Preta...?

[lou gold]

Absolutely needs to be reliable. No quarrel at all.

I'm imagining that our issue is emerging into more and more general
awareness and that journalists will need a reliable resource -- a
trustworthy place that they can go without having to become deeply informed
themselves. We call a news report "a story."


On Nov 28, 2007 7:50 PM, chris braun <brauncch at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Lou,
>
> "a friendly accessible form where the uninformed could go for reliable
> information"
> Yes, that's also what I understand under FAQ...also for the informed one
> who looks for (reliable) additional details.
>
> "a reporter writing a story"
> ?? what do you mean ? writing a fairy tale is not my goal here...
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Christelle
>
>
>
> On Nov 28, 2007 10:40 PM, lou gold < lou.gold at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hmmm, I had the popular version of a FAQ in my vision, a friendly
> > accessible form where the uninformed could go for reliable information. I
> > was thinking especially of a reporter writing a story, for example.
> >
> > Is this being formulated more as a technical resource?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Nov 28, 2007 6:43 PM, chris braun <brauncch at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Rick,
> > >
> > > Well I have already thought a lot about all that but I think I will
> > > for now let it as (read-only) webpage.  Because I came to the conclusion
> > > that a FAQ is not really an appropriate place to discuss controversial
> > > questions. If there are some disagreements I think it is better to discuss
> > > it on this list and then to amend the FAQ if needed.
> > >
> > > The idea is that it should really NOT be messy. I try to make it as
> > > clean as possible in the sense that I try to only assess things that have
> > > been proven and to provide the sources to justify the answers. I really
> > > would like to maintain an up-to-date clean summary of what is known on the
> > > topic terrapreta and also make it clear which things are highly suspected
> > > but not proven yet etc.
> > >
> > > On the format itself, I like the one of the c++ faq lite:
> > > http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/
> > >
> > > Anyway, I thank you all for your encouragements! It's in good way to
> > > be online for Christmas ;-)
> > >
> > > Sincerely yours,
> > > Christelle
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Nov 28, 2007 9:27 PM, Rick Davies <rick.davies at gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Christell
> > > >
> > > > I dont know what document format the FAQ will be in, but would it be
> > > > worthwhile thinking of putting the text on a wiki site, so it could get
> > > > updated and extended by others, while you/someone retains some degree of
> > > > central editorial control?
> > > >
> > > > regards, rick davies
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Nov 28, 2007 6:54 PM, <MMBTUPR at aol.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >      from   Lewis L Smith
> > > > >
> > > > > Look forward to the FAQ.
> > > > >
> > > > > My impression is that the energy and environmental communities, by
> > > > > and large, are completely ignorant of the possibilities of terra preta.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cant wait to spread the news around !
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks to Christell for her initiative.
> > > > >
> > > > > ###
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > **************************************
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> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
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> > > >
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> >
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