A Lost Monk's Rogation

O monks! Forgive my impertinence.

I disturb your thoughts and labors
only after much exertion.

For I have searched and fasted,
searched and prayed,
but found no answers to my questions.

What say the sigils (A:3/5/4)
or (FA:9/25/20) or [v3](1/5/4)
after a thread's heading?
Are they friendly,
or mean they harm?

What's vroom's mysterious design
that he saw good to give each monk,
however pustular, a Scratchpad?
To what purpose and to what benefit?

And why, dear monks, does the oracle mock
my double-quoted prayers?
Will it not listen to the pious phrases
of a novice? How will he find the
"History of Perlmonks"? Or the meaning
of "XP Whoring"?

Take pity, monks, on a lost supplicant,
whose sinews need resting
and mind needs solace
from disquiet and torment.

The Lowliest Monk

Comment on A Lost Monk's Rogation

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Re: A Lost Monk's Rogation by mdillon (Priest) on Mar 19, 2005 at 18:52 UTC
"A:3/5/4" means "approved, 3 direct replies, 5 total replies, 4 visible replies" "FA:9/25/20" means "front-paged, approved, 9 direct replies, 25 total replies, 20 visible replies" I think the "v3" means that it has been edited twice since posting (maybe three times). Update: see below for the real meaning of [v3].	[reply]
Re^2: A Lost Monk's Rogation by tlm (Prior) on Mar 19, 2005 at 18:59 UTC
Thanks. There are a few more that I did not cite. Are these notations listed anywhere? the lowliest monk	[reply]
Re^3: A Lost Monk's Rogation by holli (Abbot) on Mar 19, 2005 at 19:10 UTC
Have a look at Recently Active Threads Faqlet. holli, /regexed monk/	[reply]
Re^3: A Lost Monk's Rogation by mdillon (Priest) on Mar 19, 2005 at 19:03 UTC
Maybe, but I don't know where. I just worked it out from looking at the page contents.	[reply]
Re: A Lost Monk's Rogation by mdillon (Priest) on Mar 19, 2005 at 18:55 UTC
As for searching for strings with embedded spaces, try changing your separator character to a pipe or comma or something.	[reply]
Re: A Lost Monk's Rogation by ysth (Canon) on Mar 20, 2005 at 06:30 UTC
v3 means a rep of three, and that you've downvoted it. Similarly, ^ indicates an upvote. This is somewhat implicitly mentioned in Recently Active Threads Faqlet (which you should read.) Re: double-quoted prayers, put something (I use ;) in the "separate strings with" field, just under the text search field at the top to keep it from spliting into search terms at spaces.	[reply]
Re^2: A Lost Monk's Rogation by demerphq (Chancellor) on Mar 20, 2005 at 09:17 UTC
I updated the faqlet to make it explicit. I hope some kind SDCer will redit that page, i'm too close to the trees. --- demerphq	[reply]
Re^3: A Lost Monk's Rogation by mdillon (Priest) on Mar 20, 2005 at 16:19 UTC
That page is not editable by the SiteDocClan.	[reply]
Re^4: A Lost Monk's Rogation by demerphq (Chancellor) on Mar 20, 2005 at 17:14 UTC
Re^5: A Lost Monk's Rogation by mdillon (Priest) on Mar 21, 2005 at 00:37 UTC
Some notes below your chosen depth have not been shown here


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