Re: "TL;DR:"

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
Cc: pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: "TL;DR:"
Date: 2012-04-25 15:49:19
Message-ID: 6640.1335368959@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> writes:
> How do people feel about "TL;DR:" being used at the start of a Wiki
> page to which we want to direct users?

> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Guide_to_reporting_problems

> I'll go first -- I hate it.

I think it's a pretty lousy way to start off this page in particular;
way too flippant for something we point newcomers to when they ask
for help. +1 for rewriting in a more formal style.

regards, tom lane

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