| Thank you all for your continued interest in our Worst Manual Contest. We always have a good time reading over your entries and look forward to next year’s contest. As in previous years, the majority of the entries received this year represented obvious translation issues. Some folks have expressed an interest in seeing more examples of poor writing that aren’t due to translation issues, though. We are happy to comply, but that is up to you! Please keep your eyes open for any good examples of poor documentation (that is available to the general public) as potential entries for next year. We look forward to seeing what you come up with!
This year we have two winners! Two folks submitted the same documentation, which warranted a closer look. We decided to award each of them the $100 prize, since great minds think alike! Enjoy this year’s top picks and we look forward to more great entries in the coming year.
Winning Entry
Submitted by John Granger of Illinois and Alan Senior of San Diego, California
This is a one-page assembly guide for a HDD Enclosure that was purchased at a popular nationwide computer retailer. It is a basic, but incomprehensible installation guide.
“HDD Assembles Elucidation,” is how the title reads. Not too clear if you ask us!
A few notable excerpts:
“Heading up the upper cover to turn over to rise…”
“Cover up and down to separate then and completely…”
“Is good with the machine plank according to the right method conjunction the hard dish…” --- “Machine plank” and “hard dish?”
Fortunately, the product appears to be pretty easy to install, because we don’t think these instructions would be much help!
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