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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mvincent" data-source="post: 2957046" data-attributes="member: 27034">The natural inclination on most boards seems to be to debate or correct others (present company included). So if your intent is to collect FAQ errors, you may do better with a thread entitled "In praise of the FAQ" or somesuch.I'm certain there are others that feel as you do (in fact, I think FAQ derision might be the reason for the "Please remain civil, folks" sticky thread), you just need the right bait to draw them out. The below statements might suffice:"Many of the contested FAQ rulings have all been discussed before in detail. Many people had many different valid interpretations. The FAQ was intended to resolve such debates though by selecting one single option. Whether one decides to agrees with or follow the FAQ (or even the core rules) it is entirely up to them, but mostly irrelevant. The FAQ is certainly more official than our own conjecture, and is official enough to be considered part of the rules (like any other supplement).Arguing against the FAQ is silly, and is akin to railing against the core rules themselves. If the FAQ is legitimately in error, one normally writes in to call it to their attention (same with the core rules). This has been done before, and a recent error in the FAQ was corrected. However, if it is a simple matter of interpretation, it will probably not be corrected.I’m sure that if the FAQ ruled the other way on some of these contested rulings, we would still have people arguing the other side. You just can’t please everyone in these debatable issues. But by deprecating the FAQ, you are needlessly propagating the same old debates that the FAQ was intended to resolve.When people ask questions here, the knowledgeable ones among us try to give them a FAQ reference if available (that is what it’s for), then a personal preference if we must.To do otherwise does a disservice to this board: it is biased, unfair to the person asking the question, and disregards the whole point of the FAQ."</blockquote>

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