Wow, I tried to predict what I'd see but I didn't expect it to be such a funny mix of professor archetype vs. student archetype right off the bat. The general

Wow, I tried to predict what I'd see but I didn't expect it to be such a funny mix of professor archetype vs. student archetype right off the bat. The general situation is also kind of amusing because if you want to really contribute to the solution of a one-word problem (not their job, I know, but), it's usually very helpful to start by listing as many definitions of that one word as you can. Especially if there's disagreement over the correct definition. And then the super secret trick next move is to never throw any of the definitions away, but rather to identify the leverage points of each separate definition. And poof, where you once had a disagreement, you now have a bunch of discrete tools with identified advantages, and hopefully the smarts to use 'em! (I also get that the WP community can also be extremely singular in its honing-in approach to problem solving. In general, a really common introvert curse is always being too focused on one conclusion, one question, one process, etc.)