Timeline for Should we have a set of terms that have a specific meaning on this site?
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Apr 6, 2016 at 16:46 | history | edited | M.A.R. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Apr 6, 2016 at 16:42 | comment | added | callyalater | "Difficult"/"Easy". | |
Apr 6, 2016 at 16:40 | comment | added | M.A.R. | Let's get rolling then. :) I'm going for "useful", which one is yours? | |
Apr 6, 2016 at 16:39 | comment | added | callyalater | That is more of the essence of what I was trying to ask. | |
Apr 6, 2016 at 16:38 | comment | added | M.A.R. | [...] then categorizing them in a few useful wordings, along with similar interpretations for some other terms, then write them in a FAQ post and start linking people to it. | |
Apr 6, 2016 at 16:36 | comment | added | M.A.R. | @Cally that goes back to my answer. I don't think we should define "useful", I think we should suggest people to use something else, something less vague, to say what they want. The problem is similar to defining a special meaning for "homework" in Chem.SE. We end up with a lot of OPs shouting "DIS NO MY HOMWERK DOOD" and stop cooperating. People stop helping you help them when they're confused. And if we redefine a term it would be much more confusing than proposing new wordings for it. I'm thinking of writing a meta post asking people what "useful" could mean in a few definitions, [...] | |
Apr 6, 2016 at 16:29 | comment | added | callyalater | Regarding "useful", why don't we fix an interpretation for what it means for us on this site? As in, whenever we see that word, we interpret it as _________. I think (like you said) that would better define our scope and better frame the questions to be posed on here. And I completely agree with you about the different interpretations of "useful". | |
Apr 6, 2016 at 16:25 | comment | added | M.A.R. | In that case, the answer is a yes. Why not define the scope of our site? :) I still think, though, that there are different interpretations for "useful". | |
Apr 6, 2016 at 16:22 | comment | added | callyalater | I'm not so much interested in introducing new terms, but having a consensus about what common words mean (ie. uniform interpretation of commonly used terms). | |
Apr 6, 2016 at 16:19 | history | answered | M.A.R. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |