My sense was that Nikola was using tl:dr to respond not to George's e-mail, but to the process he described for creating a new page. I could be wrong, though.
Nathan On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 8:28 PM, David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/12/3 David Goodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Nothing personal, but when tl;dr is given as a response, it indicates > > that there is something certainly substantial and probably interesting > > to be seen and understood--and possibly even used as the basis for > > action -- as in this case/. > > > Or it indicates that whoever's trying to make the point needs to write > more concisely, at least leading with a summary good enough to hook > the reader into reading the rest. > > tl;dr = writer fail. > > > - d. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Your donations keep Wikipedia running! Support the Wikimedia Foundation today: http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
