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Originally Posted by DonP
In the latest issue of Pavel's newsletter there is a reference to
"Anatoly Zhabotinsky" .  The information was quite good except for the name. It's much better to get your names right. The Zhabotinsky referred to is Leonid I. Zhabotinsky. Getting the names wrong reduces the power of the information you are trying to convey. If you can't get the names right what else is off? I also doubt that Pavel even proof read the newsletter. |
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Originally Posted by 0311bravo
Don't you think it's a little silly to assail someone who is giving you free information? I think that says more about you than you realize, and possibly presents you to the rest of the forum in a light you wouldn't want to be seen in.
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DonP, if you had titled your post "Newsletter Clarification" instead of "Complaint" and couched it in terms of just correcting a factual oversight for everyone's benefit, it would be taken in a much more accepting spirit and people would be thanking you for bringing it to our attention.
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