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Post by ShivaTD on Jul 25, 2013 13:20:35 GMT
But if anyone says, "Yeah but." All the yeah buts will have been covered. There is something to be said for verbosity. I write "manufacturing instructions" for building airplanes and something I've learned over time is that the technicians only read the first paragraph. With that in mind we have to cover numerous engineering specification requirements (that the technicians are all certified to perform) so I dump those in after the first paragraph for documentation purposes knowing that they won't be read anyway. |
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Post by Admin on Jul 25, 2013 13:22:17 GMT
There is something to be said for verbosity. And as you can probably imagine, I have quite alot to say about verbosity!  |
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Post by Daisy on Jul 25, 2013 18:35:48 GMT
Nothing wrong with being verbose.. Shiva is certainly not shy with words. Elaboration thy name is Shiva when it comes to words.
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Post by trinnity on Jul 29, 2013 0:52:36 GMT
Dang, nobody even said hi to me.  This 10 word thing is bull*fairy dust*. Can't it be changed? |
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Post by Admin on Jul 29, 2013 15:44:59 GMT
Dang, nobody even said hi to me. This 10 word thing is bull*fairy dust*. Can't it be changed? I did (in your thread), but hi again! The 10 word minimum can be changed if people feel it's too much, but I wanted to try to set it at a level that discouraged very short posts, partly because they are often (not always, but often) the least contributory posts when it comes to actual discussion, and partly because it cuts out alot of the spam posts that tend to invade forums. I know it can be a bit of a pain in 'hello' threads, but easy enough to add a few more words to to get past it - as I said, though, it's something I'll keep under review, and I can reduce it if people think it's too much. |
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Post by 12th on Jul 29, 2013 16:20:56 GMT
I think I can get past the word minimum. word
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This 10 word thing is bull*fairy dust*. Can't it be changed?
