Re: Obtruding Writeup Formatting Tips

I oppose this. It would be rude for the newcomers, and possibly confusing as well.

Also, those suggestions under the writeup box should be brought into a better form than what they are now. I don't really know what they should tell, and whatever it is, there will be people not reading it, but we should think of those who do read it.

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Re^2: Obtruding Writeup Formatting Tips by Fletch (Bishop) on Mar 04, 2008 at 22:02 UTC
I've always said you can get more with a kind word and a two-by-four than you can with just a kind word. – Marcus Barging in and dropping an ill-considered pile of poorly formatted question without taking the time to learn the lay of the land would be rude of newcomers, yes. :) If the presence of such a (pointed, or blunt) warning dissuades them before they commit such a gaffe then both the poster and the readers are served. Not to mention that the warning properly styled (`<span class="lazy_boor">...</span>`) would make a handy hook . . . . The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Obtruding Writeup Formatting Tips by menolly (Hermit) on Mar 04, 2008 at 18:41 UTC
I've occasionally wished the tips included a quick reference to shortcuts, or at least a direct link to that node.	[reply]
Re^2: Obtruding Writeup Formatting Tips by shmem (Chancellor) on Mar 04, 2008 at 21:38 UTC
It would be rude for the newcomers You did see the "such as", dinn' ye? It hasn't to be just literally that line. But see, running `h2xs -AX -n Quux` yields the following DESCRIPTION pod `Stub documentation for Quux, created by h2xs. It looks like the author of the extension was negligent enough to leave the stub unedited. Blah blah blah.` [download] so I guess a similar default text could pass as "good practice"... --shmem _($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo. G°\ / /\_¯/(q / ---------------------------- \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."· ");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}	[reply] [d/l] [select]