Nightmare Library

[Zev Levi <j -dot- zev -dot- levi -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Hi all,

I work in a country where English is spoken as a second language (if at
all) and I often find myself explaining to product managers and developers
why their documentation ideas are troublesome. ("Yes, the sentence you
changed is clear to you but, as it's now five lines long, it is confusing
to readers. We must explain ideas using shorter sentences.")

Is anyone aware of a virtual library of bad-documentation examples (a
library of tech-doc nightmares)? I'd like to search for *long sentences*
and find examples of unclear documentation.

It would be easier to convince PMs of writing guidelines if they tried
reading a doc that didn't follow them.

I haven't had any luck googling these terms; I'm looking for documentation
examples and google generally returns links to forums.

Cheers

Zev


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*Zev Levi*


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