[Mid] Documentation

Good Gentles,

As a judge, there is one major thing that makes me furious. That is an
attempt to fuddle us by presenting us with reams of "documentation"
which has no application to the project at hand. It is expected that we
will give it only glancing examination because of the quantity of
material we have to cover. Alas much of the time this tactic works. It
does not work with me. I am a speed reader.

As a competitor, the thing which terrifies me is that I have been
corrected for not mentioning material which had no direct application to
what I was doing, not even an indirect application. Am I wrong in
thinking that wandering from topic is bad scholarship?

Another point is that sometimes the individual doing the judging has no
experience or knowledge in what is being judged. There is no remedy for
this. If nobody present is qualified in either of our worlds, somebody
has to do it without qualifiction. Therefore good documentation should
clarify what is going on to anybody, not just an expert in the field.

Presently I am in search for a primary source for one thing I do which
will, if I find it, be in Armenian rather than English. Greek and
Turkish are also possibilities. I fail to see any advantage including
the original in documentation if it is reasonably doubtful if it can be
understood by anyone present. A mention should suffice.

>From a practical person who sometimes judges,
Myfanwy.

-- 
Barbara "Sian" Slade
a.k.a. Myfanwy Ddirwestol ferch Gruffudd
Costume Consultant
myfanwy@golden.net
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