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→‎Cherry picking: whatever "come again" means... or "dumbfounded"... sigh
(→‎Cherry picking: I don't even know what to say in response to that quote, that's how dumbfounded I am)
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:::It's true that I don't think "cherry picking" is the right phrase to replace "serendipity", but the more important question is what "serendipity" is supposed to mean in the first place. You should be aware that, as fond as you are of "serendipity", geyser, I can confidently say that a lot of native English speakers do not know its meaning, and those who do, like myself, are still at a loss as to what it means when used <u>here</u>. When I first saw that the word was a link, I assumed it would link to [[Special:Random]], not a dictionary definition of the word that still gives it no context....
:::It's true that I don't think "cherry picking" is the right phrase to replace "serendipity", but the more important question is what "serendipity" is supposed to mean in the first place. You should be aware that, as fond as you are of "serendipity", geyser, I can confidently say that a lot of native English speakers do not know its meaning, and those who do, like myself, are still at a loss as to what it means when used <u>here</u>. When I first saw that the word was a link, I assumed it would link to [[Special:Random]], not a dictionary definition of the word that still gives it no context....
:::"'''a link to the [[OniGalore_talk:General_disclaimer]]'''" o.O ...Come again, geyser? --[[User:Iritscen|Iritscen]] 17:57, 26 October 2008 (CET)
:::"'''a link to the [[OniGalore_talk:General_disclaimer]]'''" o.O ...Come again, geyser? --[[User:Iritscen|Iritscen]] 17:57, 26 October 2008 (CET)
:Clicking "Random page" has less to do with serendipity than following intrawiki links. The idea is that beyond a certain amount of cross-linking, the wiki virtually "navigates itself", and allows casual/curious readers to end up in unexpected places, through a set of more or less loose associations with what they were initially interested in. Maybe I'm the only one who reads wikis like this (starting with Wikipedia) and enjoys it... Anyway, "serendipity" in the context of our wiki (casual navigation powered by intralinks) is not meant to be self-explanatory right now. The actual thing that's supposed to be featured on the main page is the disclaimer: I used to link to it without the serendipity label, and I will re:link to it eventually, probably without calling it serendipity either. Thus thee serendipity thing is just a placeholder, or at least you can think of it that way. Of course, you can decide to kill that initiative (and delete the disclaimer while you're at it), but I wouldn't do that, or if I did, I'd expect unexpected retribution. My advice is to ignore everything you can ignore, and I'll do my best to ignore bureau-cats and other uncyclopedic spam that is only funny to certain people while on certain drugs --[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 22:04, 26 October 2008 (CET)