“Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect: […] like a physician, who hath found out an infallible medicine, after the patient is dead.” —Jonathan Swift

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  • Depends heavily on the editor you’re using. Editor-agnostic, however, is that under the hood, everything uses “tags”, which are effectively key–value pairs that the broader editing community has agreed mean something.

    In most editors, you’ll draw the area in a sort of free-form connect-the-dots, and you’ll have a created a blank area once you close the loop (under the hood, this is defined by the placeholder area=yes tag, but seriously don’t worry about directly changing tags unless you’re experienced; just let the editor give you a list of items to choose from).

    Next, select the area, and your editor should present you with some way to search for what you want. Once you click that, the editor will apply the corresponding tags under the hood and will likely give you a list of properties you can change (for example, if you create a fast food restaurant, it might let you decide if it has a drive thru or not).

    I’ll be able to give something a lot more specific once I know the editor, since UIs vary heavily. (Note which I didn’t know at first myself: if you went to OpenStreetMap’s website, made an account, and clicked “Edit”, then you’re using the iD editor.)







  • So you read and understand the decision, right? Or did you just run to Wikipedia’s article on Jimmy Wales, look at the ‘Political views’ section, and decide you were sufficiently informed to poison the well raise the alarm? Pretty bad form; I’ve heard that the Randian Zionist whatever-the-fuck-you-want-to-blanket-Wikipedia-as cabal has conspired to slander notable democratic socialist champion Jimmy Wales. Can’t trust shit you read there. I can’t believe you would sink that low with your sourcing.


  • Take that as you will as a starting point.

    If you want your starting point to be “Easy, intellectually dishonest answers because I don’t have the first fucking idea of how Wikipedia or its culture works or a desire to lift a finger to understand”, then great. A+. No notes.

    That’s the foundational understanding people should have of this ArbCom decision I doubt you’ve even glanced at and that Jimmy Wales wouldn’t even have had tangential involvement with because why the fuck would he.




  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldwhere?
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    Problem is that you’re still pretty close to Butt-Head (I assume Muscle Man is polite enough to be reasonably quiet). Granted you get an aisle seat so you can occasionally “go to the bathroom” to get some peace and quiet (edit: and House might be willing to slip Beavis and Butt-Head, the former especially, some Vicodin for you because he also wants them to shut up.)

    Then again, sitting in or near the very back might save your life with Beavis and Butt-Head aboard. (edit 2: Forgot this wouldn’t be possible after 9/11.)