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REUSE recommendations, tutorials, FAQ and specification
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Create a FAQ entry on tradition #57

Closed carmenbianca closed 3 years ago

carmenbianca commented 4 years ago

Fixes #56

I'm not 100% with the wording, but I believe that this FAQ entry is important for adoption. I included the four most common critiques that I hear from traditionalists, but I'm not sure if they are phrased correctly, or whether we should even aim to debunk these critiques in the FAQ.

Regardless, here's a first draft.

silverhook commented 4 years ago

While personally I like the word “eccentric”, I’m not sure everyone would like to see it describe a specification. Could we find a less loaded word for it? What about something in the lines of “new” or “still uncommon”, “non-traditional”, “untraditional”, “modern” or “breaking the status quo”?

I have considered “avant-garde”, but that brings a different set of connotation with it.

carmenbianca commented 4 years ago

I was playing around with the word "different-ness" while writing it, which for some reason didn't roll off the tongue very well, but is ultimately the best descriptor. I'll brainstorm on this later.

Also, note to self, I wrote "however" twice in succession. Really bad flow—need to fix that.

mxmehl commented 3 years ago

I picked up some ideas, and improved the wording in some parts, especially by soften a few words (Many -> Some) ;)