Talk:2894: Research Account - Revision history

Boochin at 22:32, 16 February 2024

2024-02-16T22:32:54Z

172.69.194.162 at 02:55, 16 February 2024

2024-02-16T02:55:17Z

ProphetZarquon: Duty calls, indeed!

2024-02-16T01:56:43Z

Duty calls, indeed!

172.71.182.57: Adding my own comment regarding synonym.

2024-02-15T22:37:05Z

Adding my own comment regarding synonym.

ProphetZarquon: Reading this comic, I feel attacked

2024-02-15T18:30:02Z

Reading this comic, I feel attacked

172.71.142.21 at 05:53, 15 February 2024

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108.162.245.248 at 03:35, 15 February 2024

2024-02-15T03:35:31Z

Anonymouscript: Made a comment

2024-02-15T02:02:28Z

Made a comment

141.101.98.228: Misedited the sense out of that invitation.

2024-02-15T00:09:40Z

Misedited the sense out of that invitation.

Barmar at 22:58, 14 February 2024

2024-02-14T22:58:29Z

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	::"Educational outreach". Might be funny with effectively "no organisation", if they have "university", "college", "high school", "elementary school", as actual choices. But, without seeing what the rest of the drop-down options are, might still be conceivably a valid reasoning to have "other" (get them wondering if you mean to educate a kindergarten class/a scout troop/a prison educational program/whatever). [[Special:Contributions/172.69.194.162\|172.69.194.162]] 02:55, 16 February 2024 (UTC)		::"Educational outreach". Might be funny with effectively "no organisation", if they have "university", "college", "high school", "elementary school", as actual choices. But, without seeing what the rest of the drop-down options are, might still be conceivably a valid reasoning to have "other" (get them wondering if you mean to educate a kindergarten class/a scout troop/a prison educational program/whatever). [[Special:Contributions/172.69.194.162\|172.69.194.162]] 02:55, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
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		+	The part about "spell focus" seems unnecessary and unrelated. I'm going to delete it if no one objects. [[User:Boochin\|Boochin]] ([[User talk:Boochin\|talk]]) 22:32, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

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	::[https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/386:_Duty_Calls Duty calls...]		::[https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/386:_Duty_Calls Duty calls...]
	::[[User:ProphetZarquon\|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon\|talk]]) 01:56, 16 February 2024 (UTC)		::[[User:ProphetZarquon\|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon\|talk]]) 01:56, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
		+	::"Educational outreach". Might be funny with effectively "no organisation", if they have "university", "college", "high school", "elementary school", as actual choices. But, without seeing what the rest of the drop-down options are, might still be conceivably a valid reasoning to have "other" (get them wondering if you mean to educate a kindergarten class/a scout troop/a prison educational program/whatever). [[Special:Contributions/172.69.194.162\|172.69.194.162]] 02:55, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

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 I would say there's also some similarity to the classic [https://xkcd.com/386/ 386: Duty Calls]. --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.248|108.162.245.248]] 03:35, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 Reading this comic, I feel attacked
 [[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 18:30, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
+:You could probably get away with calling it "Combating public misinformation."
-You could probably get away with calling it "Combating public misinformation."
+:[[Special:Contributions/172.71.182.57|172.71.182.57]] 22:37, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
-[[Special:Contributions/172.71.182.57|172.71.182.57]] 22:37, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
+::[https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/386:_Duty_Calls Duty calls...]

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		+	You could probably get away with calling it "Combating public misinformation."
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	I would say there's also some similarity to the classic [https://xkcd.com/386/ 386: Duty Calls]. --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.248\|108.162.245.248]] 03:35, 15 February 2024 (UTC)		I would say there's also some similarity to the classic [https://xkcd.com/386/ 386: Duty Calls]. --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.248\|108.162.245.248]] 03:35, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
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		+	Reading this comic, I feel attacked
		+	[[User:ProphetZarquon\|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon\|talk]]) 18:30, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

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 :That's my impression (it's very like an account-creation process, supplying free-text to be reviewed at leisure only after attaching the user to a UID with no more verification other than "click on this emailed link to confirm this is your contact details", rather than an application which can be denied or blackballed). But I don't delve into (or control) particularly privileged data-sources where it could be far more strict (yet not so much that it can't be handled by an easy to access web-form), so would also be interested in hearing the facts-of-life from beyond the more open-data side of things. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.194.60|172.69.194.60]] 22:32, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 :I suspect the "Institution" dropdown might be used for some marketing statistics. No one has time to go through all the free-form inputs, although AI may change that. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 22:58, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 I would say there's also some similarity to the classic [https://xkcd.com/386/ 386: Duty Calls]. --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.248|108.162.245.248]] 03:35, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

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	:That's my impression (it's very like an account-creation process, supplying free-text to be reviewed at leisure only after attaching the user to a UID with no more verification other than "click on this emailed link to confirm this is your contact details", rather than an application which can be denied or blackballed). But I don't delve into (or control) particularly privileged data-sources where it could be far more strict (yet not so much that it can't be handled by an easy to access web-form), so would also be interested in hearing the facts-of-life from beyond the more open-data side of things. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.194.60\|172.69.194.60]] 22:32, 14 February 2024 (UTC)		:That's my impression (it's very like an account-creation process, supplying free-text to be reviewed at leisure only after attaching the user to a UID with no more verification other than "click on this emailed link to confirm this is your contact details", rather than an application which can be denied or blackballed). But I don't delve into (or control) particularly privileged data-sources where it could be far more strict (yet not so much that it can't be handled by an easy to access web-form), so would also be interested in hearing the facts-of-life from beyond the more open-data side of things. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.194.60\|172.69.194.60]] 22:32, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
	:I suspect the "Institution" dropdown might be used for some marketing statistics. No one has time to go through all the free-form inputs, although AI may change that. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 22:58, 14 February 2024 (UTC)		:I suspect the "Institution" dropdown might be used for some marketing statistics. No one has time to go through all the free-form inputs, although AI may change that. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 22:58, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
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		+	I would say there's also some similarity to the classic [https://xkcd.com/386/ 386: Duty Calls]. --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.248\|108.162.245.248]] 03:35, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

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 wasn't there a whatif that caused Randal to temporally loose the access to Wolfram Alpha?
 [[Special:Contributions/172.70.175.26|172.70.175.26]] 19:40, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
+:It was [https://what-if.xkcd.com/62/ the what if about balloons] [[User:Anonymouscript|Anonymouscript]] ([[User talk:Anonymouscript|talk]]) 02:02, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 Although Cueball is often considered to be Randall's alter ego in the comics, when writing explanations we refer to the character. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 20:16, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

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 I wanted to add something to the explanation saying that he's overthinking, and it probably doesn't matter what you write in the justification, since it's unlikely that anyone actually reads them. But I don't actually know this. If anyone knows what goes on behind the scenes at research institutions, add something. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 20:23, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
-:That's my impression (it's very like an account-creation process, supplying free-text to be reviewed at leisure only after attaching the user to a UID with no more verification other than "click on this emailed link to confirm this is your contact details", rather than an application which can be denied or blackballed). But I don't delve into (or control) particularly privileged data-sources where it could be far more strict (yet not so much that it can't be handled by an easy to access web-form), so would also be hearing the facts-of-life from beyond the more open-data side of things. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.194.60|172.69.194.60]] 22:32, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
+:That's my impression (it's very like an account-creation process, supplying free-text to be reviewed at leisure only after attaching the user to a UID with no more verification other than "click on this emailed link to confirm this is your contact details", rather than an application which can be denied or blackballed). But I don't delve into (or control) particularly privileged data-sources where it could be far more strict (yet not so much that it can't be handled by an easy to access web-form), so would also be interested in hearing the facts-of-life from beyond the more open-data side of things. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.194.60|172.69.194.60]] 22:32, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 :I suspect the "Institution" dropdown might be used for some marketing statistics. No one has time to go through all the free-form inputs, although AI may change that. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 22:58, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

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	I wanted to add something to the explanation saying that he's overthinking, and it probably doesn't matter what you write in the justification, since it's unlikely that anyone actually reads them. But I don't actually know this. If anyone knows what goes on behind the scenes at research institutions, add something. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 20:23, 14 February 2024 (UTC)		I wanted to add something to the explanation saying that he's overthinking, and it probably doesn't matter what you write in the justification, since it's unlikely that anyone actually reads them. But I don't actually know this. If anyone knows what goes on behind the scenes at research institutions, add something. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 20:23, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
	:That's my impression (it's very like an account-creation process, supplying free-text to be reviewed at leisure only after attaching the user to a UID with no more verification other than "click on this emailed link to confirm this is your contact details", rather than an application which can be denied or blackballed). But I don't delve into (or control) particularly privileged data-sources where it could be far more strict (yet not so much that it can't be handled by an easy to access web-form), so would also be hearing the facts-of-life from beyond the more open-data side of things. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.194.60\|172.69.194.60]] 22:32, 14 February 2024 (UTC)		:That's my impression (it's very like an account-creation process, supplying free-text to be reviewed at leisure only after attaching the user to a UID with no more verification other than "click on this emailed link to confirm this is your contact details", rather than an application which can be denied or blackballed). But I don't delve into (or control) particularly privileged data-sources where it could be far more strict (yet not so much that it can't be handled by an easy to access web-form), so would also be hearing the facts-of-life from beyond the more open-data side of things. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.194.60\|172.69.194.60]] 22:32, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
		+	:I suspect the "Institution" dropdown might be used for some marketing statistics. No one has time to go through all the free-form inputs, although AI may change that. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 22:58, 14 February 2024 (UTC)