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| From | Lee <ler762@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: How to react on a factually wrong Debian wiki change ? |
| Date | 2018-09-29 23:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <wDuEV-1HZ-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On 9/29/18, Dominic Knight <dominicknight@gmx.com> wrote: > On Sat, 2018-09-29 at 08:59 +0000, Curt wrote: >> On 2018-09-28, Thomas Schmitt <scdbackup@gmx.net> wrote: >> > This is not "unreliable" it is "clueless". >> > Insofar Curt's proposal is technically more correct. >> > But actually i see no improvement over my shorter statement. >> > (Maybe it's better english, but it's not better message.) >> >> I thought nobody said "should better not be used," but sticking that >> quoted >> phrase in a search engine produces over 12,000 hits. >> > So 12,000 people can be wrong :) > > Just altering the word order gives more clarity to the statement. > > "should be better not used" While still not entirely correct implies > less of a threat. > > "(it) better not be used (or)" - "the computer gods will frot you" > > "would be better not used" may be correct depending on the rest of the > context. > > Maybe an implicit threat of resulting danger needs to be implied? Wodim should not be used for burning to DVD or BD media. Which also implies no support for DVD/BD burning. And link "should not be used" to https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/09/msg01048.html to explain why it should not be used? Regards, Lee
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How to react on a factually wrong Debian wiki change ? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-09-27 18:10 +0200
Re: How to react on a factually wrong Debian wiki change ? Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2018-09-28 20:00 +0200
Re: How to react on a factually wrong Debian wiki change ? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-09-28 21:20 +0200
Re: How to react on a factually wrong Debian wiki change ? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-09-28 22:10 +0200
Re: How to react on a factually wrong Debian wiki change ? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-09-28 23:00 +0200
Re: How to react on a factually wrong Debian wiki change ? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-09-29 10:10 +0200
Re: How to react on a factually wrong Debian wiki change ? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-09-29 11:10 +0200
Re: How to react on a factually wrong Debian wiki change ? Étienne Mollier <etienne.mollier@mailoo.org> - 2018-09-29 11:30 +0200
Re: How to react on a factually wrong Debian wiki change ? Dominic Knight <dominicknight@gmx.com> - 2018-09-29 14:50 +0200
Re: How to react on a factually wrong Debian wiki change ? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-09-29 15:40 +0200
Re: How to react on a factually wrong Debian wiki change ? Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2018-09-29 23:10 +0200
Re: How to react on a factually wrong Debian wiki change ? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-10-01 10:20 +0200
discussing debian wiki on the wiki (was Re: How to react on a factually wrong Debian wiki change ?) Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-09-28 21:50 +0200
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