Intermediate forms occur. This has some detrimental consequences for the coherency of the faq - the good thing is that different Nordic opinions often get represented. The language in these articles is without doubt colored by the fact that almost all writers have other mother tongues than English - and so it will remain. The compilation of the s.c.nordic FAQ was started by Antti Lahelma 24th of May 1994, and continued 1996-98 by Johan Olofsson . As this FAQ was made available to the world wide web in 1995 it was perhaps the best one on the Internet.
Today there are governmental sites which without question cover the topics more complete and evenly.
The Net, including Usenet, changed much at that time. This lead to a diminishing number of on-topic articles aswell as regular contributors. As the World Wide Web grew, the need and frequency diminished for that kind of discussions which the FAQ represents, as people instead could use search engines to find information. At the same time the computer system on which the FAQ is maintained suffered a series of longlasting disturbances, and finally the FAQ maintainer moved to an appartement house where a cable connection to the Internet was ordered and should get installed Real Soon Now, but again and again it has been delayed. Possibly the FAQ is able to take itself out of its can and remain connected to its newsgroup.