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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: "TL;DR:"
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:49:19 -0400
Message-ID: <6640.1335368959@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F97D25F0200002500047342@gw.wicourts.gov>
References: <4F97D25F0200002500047342@gw.wicourts.gov>

"Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.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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