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*Good work with all those disambigs last night. Got a lot done! --[[User:Revanche|Revanche (admin)]] 10:47, 14 December 2006 (CST) | *Good work with all those disambigs last night. Got a lot done! --[[User:Revanche|Revanche (admin)]] 10:47, 14 December 2006 (CST) | ||
:I'd like to think so, but I know otherwise. I once done about two or three hundred of the things manually, from scratch… never been quite able to equal my previous pace, not sure I want to either; it burns you out too quickly. I'm sure CJ can attest to that fact — it becomes seriously physically draining after a while, like with any work I guess. Nonetheless, thanks for the encouragement, it means a lot. --[[User:Xoid|Xoid]] 11:34, 14 December 2006 (CST) | :I'd like to think so, but I know otherwise. I once done about two or three hundred of the things manually, from scratch… never been quite able to equal my previous pace, not sure I want to either; it burns you out too quickly. I'm sure CJ can attest to that fact — it becomes seriously physically draining after a while, like with any work I guess. Nonetheless, thanks for the encouragement, it means a lot. --[[User:Xoid|Xoid]] 11:34, 14 December 2006 (CST) | ||
| − | ::If I knew what the hell it is that you're being praised for doing, I would try to help :p.--[[User:The General|The General]]<sup>[[User_talk:The_General|T]]</sup> 20:26, 14 December 2006 (CST) | + | ::If I knew what the hell it is that you're being praised for doing, I would try to help :p. --[[User:The General|The General]]<sup>[[User_talk:The_General|T]]</sup> 20:26, 14 December 2006 (CST) |
:::It's called "work", y'know, that thing we don't do over at the UDWiki. --[[User:Xoid|Xoid]] 02:00, 15 December 2006 (CST) | :::It's called "work", y'know, that thing we don't do over at the UDWiki. --[[User:Xoid|Xoid]] 02:00, 15 December 2006 (CST) | ||
| − | ::::Hehe, true. Although something more specific would have been helpful.--[[User:The General|The General]]<sup>[[User_talk:The_General|T]]</sup> 06:11, 15 December 2006 (CST) | + | ::::Hehe, true. Although something more specific would have been helpful. --[[User:The General|The General]]<sup>[[User_talk:The_General|T]]</sup> 06:11, 15 December 2006 (CST) |
| + | :::::Essentailly, ambiguity sucks. Disambiguation is the process of systematically removing it through making the first point of reference impossible to take the wrong way. For example; [[Atlas]] redirects to [[Atlas (disambiguation)]]. That page tells you that "Atlas might be this 'Mech, or it might be this planet". That way you don't end up at at [[Atlas]] and go, "Hey, that's not the planet! Where's that planet's article?" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation Wikipedia's internal documentation] about disambiguation pages and their purpose should further enlighten you to exactly what I was doing. --[[User:Xoid|Xoid]] 07:05, 15 December 2006 (CST) | ||
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- Good work with all those disambigs last night. Got a lot done! --Revanche (admin) 10:47, 14 December 2006 (CST)
- I'd like to think so, but I know otherwise. I once done about two or three hundred of the things manually, from scratch… never been quite able to equal my previous pace, not sure I want to either; it burns you out too quickly. I'm sure CJ can attest to that fact — it becomes seriously physically draining after a while, like with any work I guess. Nonetheless, thanks for the encouragement, it means a lot. --Xoid 11:34, 14 December 2006 (CST)
- If I knew what the hell it is that you're being praised for doing, I would try to help :p. --The GeneralT 20:26, 14 December 2006 (CST)
- It's called "work", y'know, that thing we don't do over at the UDWiki. --Xoid 02:00, 15 December 2006 (CST)
- Hehe, true. Although something more specific would have been helpful. --The GeneralT 06:11, 15 December 2006 (CST)
- Essentailly, ambiguity sucks. Disambiguation is the process of systematically removing it through making the first point of reference impossible to take the wrong way. For example; Atlas redirects to Atlas (disambiguation). That page tells you that "Atlas might be this 'Mech, or it might be this planet". That way you don't end up at at Atlas and go, "Hey, that's not the planet! Where's that planet's article?" Wikipedia's internal documentation about disambiguation pages and their purpose should further enlighten you to exactly what I was doing. --Xoid 07:05, 15 December 2006 (CST)
- Hehe, true. Although something more specific would have been helpful. --The GeneralT 06:11, 15 December 2006 (CST)
- It's called "work", y'know, that thing we don't do over at the UDWiki. --Xoid 02:00, 15 December 2006 (CST)
- If I knew what the hell it is that you're being praised for doing, I would try to help :p. --The GeneralT 20:26, 14 December 2006 (CST)