Timeline for Should we fix backticks?
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| Oct 5, 2016 at 21:49 | comment | added | Hot Licks | @NathanTuggy - Using a link like that is confusing to the reader. They're led to believe they must follow the link to get the information you are trying to convey. | |
| Sep 27, 2016 at 0:51 | comment | added | Nathan Tuggy | @HotLicks: Yes, special formatting such as red green "this old house". Simplicity itself. If they know anything about the web, it is self-documenting — the search terms are shown clearly and unambiguously in the link formatting and in the search box if the link is followed. | |
| Sep 27, 2016 at 0:38 | comment | added | Hot Licks |
@NathanTuggy -- If there are quotes in the search argument it's unclear whether they are part of the argument or simply quoting the example. For instance, the search argument red green "this old house" would be confusing if not done with special formatting.
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| Sep 27, 2016 at 0:27 | comment | added | Nathan Tuggy | @HotLicks: No, why would they need to click the link at all? The visual formatting is quite distinct. (Unless you mean the case where someone has no idea how the Internet works, but in that case, again, you're going to be stuck doing an awful lot of explaining, and the markup just isn't very important. As far as I know, LMGTFY links are auto-deleted on one flag, not blocked, but the distinction is small, I admit.) | |
| Sep 26, 2016 at 23:51 | comment | added | user189910 | Hey I proposed a new answer citing yours. I was wondering, if you would like to add any input, or add corrections. here is the answer | |
| Sep 26, 2016 at 23:23 | comment | added | Hot Licks | @NathanTuggy - Then they would have to click the link to see what you're talking about. (And last I checked the SE software blocks LMGTFY links.) | |
| Sep 26, 2016 at 23:17 | comment | added | Nathan Tuggy | Type something like "Search for these search terms" and you're good, no? They don't have to be consciously aware of the nature of the boundary marker to make use of the visual distinction, and if you have to explain that sometimes you put in double quotes and sometimes you don't, well, you'd have to explain that anyway. Similarly, if they have no idea what a "Google" is, break down and rudely post an LMGTFY link already. | |
| Sep 26, 2016 at 23:04 | comment | added | Hot Licks | @NathanTuggy - I don't see how that would work when you're trying to teach a newbie how to use Google. | |
| Sep 26, 2016 at 20:43 | comment | added | Nathan Tuggy | Isn't link markdown good enough for this? Just link to the search, and the boundaries of the link define the boundaries of the search terms. | |
| Sep 26, 2016 at 2:54 | history | answered | Hot Licks | CC BY-SA 3.0 |