User talk:Tecint

A home at last ! - Tecint (talk) 08:09, 18 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I've always found cyberspace to fit with both the feeling and phrase "This is my home." far better than any physical location, regardless of the fact that I had been under the same roof for most of my life before I hit that magic 18 and moved out. ...Mayhaps you'd say we're kindred spirits?
 * Well, I think it's about time someone said it: welcome home!
 * I hope you find it comfortable; a place where you can heal your soul, far more lastingly so than any non-materialist church could. 12:50, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I have a soul?! - In a skeptical materialist context, that sounds like an insoult... (Personally, I haven't yet worked out the difference between the sixth and the seventh of my 10 Taoist souls.) = Tecint (talk) 05:19, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

Welcome
A bit late:

22:37, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

Sysop
22:37, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

A note on links
Hi buddy! Thanks for your work on the WW1 article!

I noticed you inserted many much-needed wpl template links into the article. Referencing TOW is a great thing to do, and it should be done more often (where genuinely useful to the reader).

However, for almost every single instance of used, you ought instead to insert that same  TOW link using the  template inside tags!

The reasons for this preferred practice are many.


 * Firstly, using  in tags over plain "in-article  " will helpfully pad out the list of references for our articles (great, as we actually allow TOW as a straight-up source here).


 * Secondly, doing so will prevent users from being directed off-site as frequently as with links. This really does make a difference — a ref with the TOW link much more clearly demonstrates to the reader that clicking it will interrupt their current reading here on RW; a diversion they should feel free to postpone as necessary.


 * Thirdly, doing so is visually superior every time — indeed, for the articles to discreetly feature more refs, as opposed to being peppered with grayed-out WP outlinks.

TL;DR: Using TOW as a source is awesome. Crucially however, TOW links rule especially when in the form of 's in tags, while they end up upsetting the text quickly when in format. Thanks in advance! All the best, Reverend Black Percy (talk) 09:18, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Example use scenario: this is how far more of our articles should look. Why, just consistently converting already-existant 's to tagged 's would allow us to be rid of the ugly template for lots of articles, and that's while directing fewer readers off-site. Reverend Black Percy (talk) 09:24, 1 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Calling Wikipedia "That Other Wiki" is so tsundere. Where do you suppose RationalWiki picked up on this cute little habit, good reverend? 09:37, 1 July 2017 (UTC)


 * I've noticed a few other wikis using the same expression ,including ED . Christopher (talk) 09:48, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
 * ED or no; I believe the expression was coined by Wikipedians themselves, to differentiate more clearly between The Old Wiki (TOW) and the numerous other wiki upstarts (considering MediaWiki is a free platform). DG or Tim would know more though, the old Wikipedian wine corks that they are. All the best, Reverend Black Percy (talk) 10:33, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Yech, yeah I saw The Wiki That Shan't Be Spoken Of in search results for "That Other Wiki," but I'd figured there was more to it than that that we're simply not seeing; wanting to see what you would come up with first, I didn't say this, but: I was actually thinking of TvTropes.org when I asked my question, since that's where I first heard the term. (I guess now I finally know why they were so adamant about no longer using that term, though.) 12:50, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

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