Ever notice how many folks use [[Wikipedia]] wiki conventions such as [[double brackets]], ~~~~ for names, etc, in their e-mail messages to this board? :)
On 6/20/05, Richard Rabinowitz rickyrab@eden.rutgers.edu wrote:
Ever notice how many folks use [[Wikipedia]] wiki conventions such as [[double brackets]], ~~~~ for names, etc, in their e-mail messages to this board? :)
yes double brackets are handy since they show clearly you are refuring to an article.~~~~ is just habit.
Ever notice how many folks use [[Wikipedia]] wiki conventions such as [[double brackets]], ~~~~ for names, etc, in their e-mail messages to this board? :)
Aye! Let me also quip in to say that that is an *extremly* irritating convention to use in e-mail. Most mail-readers do not support the English Wikipedia and therefore to check out the page that the person is referring to in the [[double brackets]], you have to paste the thing in the English Wikipedia's search box click search and goto the page.
So if you are referring to a Wikipedia page, and want lazy people like me to look at it, then please use an URL instead of stupid double brackets.
On 6/21/05, BJörn Lindqvist bjourne@gmail.com wrote:
Ever notice how many folks use [[Wikipedia]] wiki conventions such as [[double brackets]], ~~~~ for names, etc, in their e-mail messages to this board? :)
Aye! Let me also quip in to say that that is an *extremly* irritating convention to use in e-mail. Most mail-readers do not support the English Wikipedia and therefore to check out the page that the person is referring to in the [[double brackets]], you have to paste the thing in the English Wikipedia's search box click search and goto the page.
So if you are referring to a Wikipedia page, and want lazy people like me to look at it, then please use an URL instead of stupid double brackets.
Hmmm. Has the [[WikiMail]] project reached beta yet?
On 20/06/05, Richard Rabinowitz rickyrab@eden.rutgers.edu wrote:
Ever notice how many folks use [[Wikipedia]] wiki conventions such as [[double brackets]], ~~~~ for names, etc, in their e-mail messages to this board? :)
Ever notice how many people who opt to receive mailing lists in digest form don't think to change the subject to something other than "Re: <name of list> Digest, Vol <x>, Issue <y>", making it impossible for anyone to tell what their message is about without looking at it? ;)
[Sorry, minor pet peeve]