We've all been speculating on the sudden upsurge in requests for templates
in general and, in particular, "templates" containing content. Part of the
problem is ambiguous or misleading wording in some of the links found on
pages at
www.microsoft.com (especially some of the pages in the Template
Gallery, which link to the newsgroups instead of the "Suggest a template"
form). I suspect that many of the posters who are *suggesting* rather than
*requesting* content/templates will never see our replies, but the best we
can do is continue to suggest that (a) Google is a more appropriate search
mechanism for boilerplate and (b) highly individualized content must be
created by the "author."
Joseph N. said:
What is it lately with people coming here writing that they're looking for
templates, but actually in search of content? They assume that the actual
*choice* and *meaning* of the words has nothing to do with the specific
situations.
Folks, you could write it in a text document all in one paragraph. What
matters is *what* you write, and it should have something to do with what
you mean, not with what someone else at another place and time meant for
another audience.
On the other hand, perhaps I should just stop ranting and join them. Does
anyone know a place where I can get a template for a court brief I have to
write, including the argument and citations? Or a template for a letter to
my girlfriend, saying, you know, all the stuff that one ought to say?
