Re: Last part of the proposed changes to debian-faq

[Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com>]

Holger Wansing wrote:
> Beatrice Torracca <beatricet@libero.it> wrote:
>>  <p>You are advised not to use the Debian forums (either mailing lists or IRC)
>> -for help as people might advice you thinking that you are running a Debian
>> +for help as people might advise you thinking that you are running a Debian
>>  system and the "fixes" they provide might not be suited to what you are
>>  running. They might even worsen the problem you are facing.
> 
> Isn't this phrase somewhat confused?
> "You are advised not to use the Debian forums for help as people might advise 
> you thinking that you are running a Debian system."

It's not confused, as such, but the way it recycles the word "advise"
might be worth avoiding.

> 
> I would propose something like:
> "You are advised not to use the Debian forums for help as people which are 
> trying to help you, might think that you are running a Debian system."

Change the "which" to a "who" and drop a comma:
  "You are advised not to use the Debian forums [...] for help as people who are
  trying to help you might think that you are running a Debian system."

or maybe that should be:

  <p>You are advised not to use the Debian forums (either mailing lists or
  IRC) for help as people there may base their suggestions on the assumption
  that you are running a Debian system. These "fixes" might not be suited to
  what you are running, and might even make your problem worse.
-- 
JBR	with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
	sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package