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in reply to Fixing typos in replies
If I can see that the author was normally careful, and it was obviously something overlooked, I usually email them the correction and let them handle it. Careful people appreciate it. I've received a lot of "thank you" emails, and never gotten any negative mail from it.
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Re^2: Fixing typos in replies
by almut (Canon) on May 30, 2008 at 02:27 UTC
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I usually email them the correction...
I sure agree that informing people privately is - in some cases - a
good way to handle this. It's just that I feel that /msg-ing people for
every minor glitch is just a tad too much fuss for my personal taste.
This applies to both sides: it usually takes me more than a negligible
amount of time to find a wording/tone that I'm happy with, and they
in turn might feel obliged to send a thank you, etc.
YMMV, of course... maybe I'm just a bit lazy at times :) On the
other hand, simply fixing the error as I type my reply is a non-issue
for me (effort-wise).
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I agree. It depends on the document in question and the amount of time involved. I would do the same for something like code comments or code that is going to be obsolete anyway.
I was thinking of tutorials that are going to be around for awhile, like at http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/ where there may be copyright or courtesy issues.
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