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In article <e9b2i2l57poe4rjb16f1f6aqh76rbkrhau@4ax.com>,
 Andrew Priest <andrew@aushiker.com> wrote:

> As to the documentation, well there is a guides on How to Become a
> Tester plus full documentation again written in the blood and sweat of
> the volunteers, so again I confused by this comment.

Hello Andrew

There is great documentation on how to get started. It is almost a model 
for a volunteer organisation to help people get involved. But some of it 
is wrong or incomplete which leads to frustration and wasted time.

I found it rather interesting that the moderators were dedicated to 
checking grammar and spelling, things that are fairly trivial in the 
scheme of things, but no-one seemed prepared to update the lessons that 
describe how to get started. Most new people are going to follow the 
lessons. In fact, the web site directs them to the lessons. Then they 
get told they have done the wrong thing when the lesson never mentioned 
it. Not exactly encouraging....

> You  need also  to keep in mind David that BackpackGearTest.org is NOT
> some commercial organisation, it is just a bunch of VOLUNTEERS so
> sometimes people actually have lives etc and can't always jump
> instantly to help, so it helps for all concerned to have realistic
> expectations in terms "service."

I appreciate they are volunteers, but I wonder whether their efforts 
could be directed towards more important things than spelling errors.

> All that said sometimes our approach is not for some  folks and some
> folks don't like the standards we set in terms of editing etc. It
> sounds like what we do is not for you and that happens.

I'm usually a pedant at spelling and grammar, so I don't have any 
problem with this. What I object to is spending time writing something 
then being told it is too long when a limit was never mentioned in the 
first place.

And this is the crux of the matter, I suppose. I embarked on this 
thinking I would spend a couple of hours over a week or so to get this 
done. Then it dragged on and on, sometimes needlessly. I have plenty of 
other things I need to do, so if this is typical, it is too much for me.

Good luck with it all. It's really a useful service.

Cheers

David