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2:11 PM

@MsYvette I'm, uh... looking... forward to it? >_<

I'm waiting for the time when spammer uses the correct term of "mass loss" instead of "weight loss", and I'm also waiting for them to suggest to go to space/moon for weight loss...

user310756

2:29 PM

@Doorknob :) I knew you would..

user310756

this is what you get when the community gets upset with people attempting to edit plagiarised wiki excerpts :P

user310756

@AndrewT. even density gain might be preferable if reduced fat and increase muscle is the goal

user310756

@Doorknob I have a bookmark for you i.stack.imgur.com/gZ3zh.png

Doorknob

hah

@MsYvette You know, I used to be a huge proponent of stopping tag wiki plagiarism. Nobody was listening, though, so I eventually gave up on it... clearly you're more persevering than me :P

user310756

@Doorknob 1 2 3 4

Doorknob

2:34 PM

Ok, what do I do with these?

user310756

The excerpts are straight out plagiarised.

user310756

I have updated some plagiairsed excerpts with original content, but didn't want to go over the line and get rejected edits.. so if you look at the wiki content, you should find links to the original site

Doorknob

Your first link doesn't appear to be plagiarized

user310756

You can renew your enthusiasm and join @Undo and I :)

user310756

@Doorknob oh sorry no, that one just has crappy punctuation and I didn't think it warranted me putting in an edit suggestion

Doorknob

2:37 PM

haha okay

user310756

are you cool to fix that.? oops

Doorknob

Yeah, no problem

user310756

thnx

user310756

you can see where I've struggled to write an original wiki and just added attribution, in some edits I've also added original wiki content :)

Doorknob

So just nuke the plagiarized excerpts, yeah?

Andrew T.

2:39 PM

And rewrite them, if possible?

user310756

yeh, but they can't be left blank, so there's the rub

Doorknob

I thought excerpts can be blank?

user310756

nope

user310756

the wikis can

Doorknob

Oh, huh, I thought it was the other way around

user310756

2:40 PM

that was what I got into trouble over. adding a generic excerpt with a link to the docs

Andrew T.

Excerpt can be blank when the tag first created, but I don't know if it's possible to blanken the excerpt if it existed

user310756

there's enough room in the wikis to make the plagiarised stuff a quote with room to add more detail

user310756

@AndrewT. correct, it cannot one it's been created..

Doorknob

Can excerpts even do Markdown?

Andrew T.

AFAIK, no

user310756

2:41 PM

I don't think so, I haven't had the grace to test this though

user310756

I am happy to edit the excerpts if I create new content for the wiki, as then it's pretty easy to add a new blurb.

Andrew T.

Excerpt supposed to be a short-and-simple guideline when to use the tag.

user310756

eg

user310756

@AndrewT. yeh but sometimes I don't know how to paraphrase that, as I have no clue what the tag is yabbering on about

PeterJ

Speaking of wiki edits I don't know if someone wants to do something with this, it's just marketing crap copied from Xilinx's page but my edit got rejected: stackoverflow.com/review/suggested-edits/9639635

Doorknob

2:43 PM

So, if I have no idea what some of these tags mean... how do I rewrite the excerpts properly?

user310756

I understand what this means but beyond saying use this tag when using this language

user310756

@Doorknob this was my point on meta, when I was removing the stolen content and replacing it with for questions about -tag- plus link

Doorknob

Can haz linky?

user310756

in the wiki

Andrew T.

Blame the robo-reviewer..

user310756

2:46 PM

yeh

user310756

I can write one for MS Blend if you like and you can add it?

user310756

actually just use the paragraph I've written, that should be ok

Doorknob

Wouldn't it make more sense for you to suggest the edit directly (and I'll approve it)?

Oh, okay, I'll use that paragraph

user310756

If you're ok with that. I need to coordinate a time when you're able to go through them though

user310756

Do you want me to edit the google and solidity ones?

Doorknob

2:48 PM

The google-elevation-api doesn't appear to be plagiarized either

user310756

it's a copy and paste from the google docs

user310756

is that acceptable, without attribution?

Doorknob

is it? I searched it within quotes and the only results were SO

user310756

that's because of our wiki tag

user310756

have a look at the link I supplied in the wiki. trust me it's all there

user310756

2:50 PM

in some cases editors remove a few words within the paragraph, but it's still >90% copied, in which case I make sure that any quotes are 100%

Doorknob

Oh, huh, yeah, it is

ok

user310756

it's a painstaking process, as you already know

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Oooh

Github has a new fancy markdown editor

Pandya

3:13 PM

Try to quote \ with ` which works on post but not in comment

Andrew T.

> `escaped tick`

Pandya

``

Why is it working for Q & A but not for comment on Q & A?

Andrew T.

it works for comment too

`escaped tick` — Andrew T. 48 secs ago

Pandya

2 mins ago, by Pandya

``

actually \ inside ``

Andrew T.

`\`

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3:18 PM

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Andrew T.

use double backslash to.. escape the backslash

Pandya

`\`

works!

but doesn't have code type background try in comments!

Uniqueke kittean ate Unidoggy

`\`

Bah

Pandya

try in comments on Q & A

Andrew T.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa `\` — Andrew T. 41 secs ago

Pandya

3:31 PM

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6:41 PM

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Hiya!

8:52 PM

Google tells me 4 of you clicked through it

bjb568

How many of those were @hichris?

hichris123

Likely 2 of those are your clicks. :P

@bjb568 -0.

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Quill

9:59 PM

morning

bjb568

morning

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Quill

I don't think you can call yourself a javascript programmer if you get (and don't know how to fix) undefined bugs

there's only one thing worse than legacy code

and that's a broken coffee machine

bjb568

Meh, coffee sucks. Hot chocolate FTW.

Quill

a coffee machine still makes hot chocolate ;p

Mike Edenfield

you can even get keurig hot chocolate cups

hichris123

10:32 PM

might as well just get the packets & boil some hot water...

(Keurig + cups = expensive. Boil water + hot chocolate packet = $0.01.)

Mike Edenfield

they're actually some after-market brand so they're not as expensive

hichris123

Should've known there's off-brand keurig cups...

Mike Edenfield

i believe some K machines actually have a QR Code reader in them and refuse to work with after-market K-cups.

there's a company that sells stickers you can put on top of your after-market cups to make them work, or something similar.

bjb568

10:52 PM

@hichris123 boil? o_0

Hot chocolate powder + brown sugar + reasonable 130˚F water from the sink works for me

Quill

normal people boil the water in a kettle

you cats with your silly logic

Mike Edenfield

I feel like I had this exact same argument on YouTube almost a year ago.

over coffee.

its freaking me out

Quill

my sink at home doesn't do temperatures that my kettle does, so I use the kettle

VoteToClose

11:23 PM

My question has had very little activity. Is there any reason why that would be?

Quill

because meta is murder

VoteToClose

No, but seriously, I normally get closed within a few minutes. This has had 13 views, 1 edit, and no up/downvotes, no close votes.

It's... eerily quiet.

Quill

it's a feature req, not a bug or question about site workings

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