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FAQs about the FAQ

What's the deal with the email?

I have been having major issues with email access for the last few months, and now the pacbell address that's given for my email on the FAQ is officially defunct. PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL THAT ADDRESS ANYMORE, AIN'T NOBODY HOME.

But! Now I have a shiny new email address for you to send to: wotfaq @ gmail.com

Remove the spaces, obviously. All FAQ-related questions and inquiries may be sent to this address from now on.

I apologize for the lack of email responsiveness. I do try to answer most of the mail I receive regarding the FAQ, but unfortunately with the problems I've been having I've lost an awful lot of it. So if you have sent me an email regarding the FAQ in the last few months and have not heard back from me, feel free to send your email again, and I will do my best to answer.

Will the WOTFAQ be updated for New Spring, the prequel novel?

Yes, there will be an update for the prequel.

Cool! Um, when?

As of now, it's a toss-up as to whether I will do a separate update for New Spring or just incorporate it into the update for Book 11.

Okay. And hey, I have lots of theories! Should I email them to you?

While I welcome comments or general questions about the WOTFAQ, I would prefer that you do not email theories to me.

The WOTFAQ is (almost) exclusively based on discussion in the Usenet group rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan, with the emphasis on "discussion". If you have a thought or theory about WOT that you think should be in the FAQ, you are invited to join the newsgroup and post your theory there. If it generates sufficient discussion and/or consensus, it will probably get added to the FAQ during the next update.

As a general policy, I do not accept or use theories which have not been thoroughly discussed in the newsgroup, so emailing them to me alone is basically a waste of your time.

The one exception to this rule is suggestions for the "Sources" section. If you have a real-world reference or parallel to WOT which is not in Section 3 of the FAQ, feel free to email it to me and I may include it next time around, though you can of course post it on the newsgroup instead.

(If you are unfamiliar with Usenet and newsgroups, this is a pretty good place to start.)

Got it. Now can I read this thing already?

Knock yourself out.

Enjoy, and thanks for reading the WOTFAQ!

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