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Possible context at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents/Possible_off-wiki_canvassing_by_User:Larry_Sang
by phoe-krk 3mo ago
Possible context at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents/Possible_off-wiki_canvassing_by_User:Larry_Sanger&oldid=1360671935 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Adminis... - might be a better link, too.
- FergusArgyll 3mo agoYeah I wasn't sure which to post. Maybe dang can put that link in the description...
- OJFord 3mo agoFwiw in future - you can do that too on submission. URL and description are not either-or.
- FergusArgyll 3mo agoOh I thought that was only possible in [ask, tell, show]hn. Thanks!
- OJFord 3mo agoYeah it's an interesting object lesson in design or user behaviour or something – I notice this come up relatively often – I think because it's rarely used, or almost exclusively in certain circumstances as you say, people infer a stricter rule/possibility than anything it actually says ('If there is a url, text is optional.').
- account42 3mo agoSeems to be a place full of pleasant people.
- SanjayMehta 3mo agoMeatpuppetry? Bludgeoning? They've created their own lexicon and priesthood to run it. No wonder it's so badly compromised. Larry is right.