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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