Timeline for What Are The Implications of Closed Questions on Authors?
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| May 23, 2017 at 12:39 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Apr 23, 2015 at 17:16 | comment | added | Dan Bron |
@LittleEva You can hit the "edit" button to see he raw markdown source of how I did it. In this case, I used <sub> tags. I don't have the link handy but search Meta Stack Exchange for "Markdown".
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| Apr 23, 2015 at 17:11 | comment | added | Dan Bron |
@LittleEva I used two-level <sub>s; the size should be "normal minus two" relative to the device you're on. Are you on a phone?
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| Apr 23, 2015 at 17:06 | comment | added | user98990 | +1 Dan, but the footnotes are so small as to be indecipherable (for me), is the font size fixed? | |
| Apr 21, 2015 at 13:44 | comment | added | Dan Bron | @oerkelens Well, I was including myself in that designation as well, but given that I've never used the words "numericostastical analphabet" in casual conversation, now I'm no sure I rank :( | |
| Apr 21, 2015 at 13:32 | comment | added | oerkelens | So I'm considered a word-nerd now? I guess there are worse epithets :P @JanusBahsJacquet I think your form of numericostatistical illiteracy is actual quite common. I've come across many cases of people proudly claiming to be in the 1st percentile... or the incredibly ambiguous "I'm in the top 10 percentile". Then again, anything with percentages seems to confuse people :) | |
| Apr 19, 2015 at 20:13 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | This is a very good answer, but it sparks a (possible) ELU question for me. When I read “in the 99th percentile” (or 90th, for that matter), I immediately think ‘in the top 99%’, which is nearly everyone. Clearly, it’s meant to refer to the top 1% here, and the first lines in the Wikipedia ‘Percentile’ article shows that your usage is perfectly correct. I wonder if my being a numericostatistical analphabet has just made me completely misknow the word, or if my intuitive understanding is commonly found … | |
| Apr 17, 2015 at 22:06 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I wanted to call it an inventive four-letter-word, but I didn't think the Grammar Nazis would accept an apostrophe as a "letter". :) | |
| Apr 17, 2015 at 21:56 | comment | added | Dan Bron | @FumbleFingers Heh, three-letter word. | |
| Apr 17, 2015 at 20:44 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Well, if @tchrist ever stops by this page I can imagine him writing a long diatribe against the overuse of different typefaces. But apart from very slight misgivings about that one heavily-disguised "three-letter word" I'm right behind everything you say here. I must admit I feel more misgivings over the fact that I was the first one to closevote OP's question - but apparently on that occasion I failed to follow my own oft-repeated recommendation that people should add a comment when they closevote, unless the relevant reason has already been posted by someone else. | |
| Apr 17, 2015 at 20:14 | comment | added | Dan Bron | @FumbleFingers Not so much super-euphemistic as super-abbreviated, but yes, it means fucking. | |
| Apr 17, 2015 at 17:58 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | What's with that f'in in your final paragraph? Is it a "super-euphemistic" version of effing = fucking? | |
| Apr 17, 2015 at 10:20 | history | edited | Dan Bron | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 17, 2015 at 4:47 | comment | added | slyfin | Finally, thank you very much for taking the time to revise my question including the punctuation and terminology used. That is very useful feedback to help me improve my clarity and accuracy as both a speaker and a writer. I need to work on my comma placement! Everyday, as my mind expands with new knowledge of English I am constantly reminded that being a native speaker certainly does not grant one clearance as a language expert! In some ways, the more I attempt to understand my beloved English on the smallest of levels the more of a foreign and confusing language it becomes to me. | |
| Apr 17, 2015 at 4:32 | comment | added | slyfin | Thank you for the very kind feedback! I feel proud to be a apart of this cultivated community and I am eager to both learn and contribute to it. I understand that this site with all of it's systems and checks in place ensures that all content everywhere remains of the highest quality unlike looser less strict Q&A sites. Stack Exchange from my observation truly stands out from the crowd in this area of online content! If I am unsure of any decisions I will make in the future regarding the site, I will most likely utilize this Meta to ensure that what I have to offer is appropriate there. | |
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| Apr 17, 2015 at 1:29 | history | edited | Dan Bron | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 17, 2015 at 1:20 | history | edited | Dan Bron | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 17, 2015 at 1:12 | comment | added | Dan Bron | ¹ Oh and PS: "closed" and "on-hold" are synonymous. The former description was changed to the latter to emphasize to querents that question-closures don't have to be permanent, and that judicious edits (usually supplying more information or evidence that you've put effort in yourself) can get them re-opened (not applicable in your situation for this specific question). | |
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| Apr 17, 2015 at 0:34 | history | answered | Dan Bron | CC BY-SA 3.0 |