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IͶΔ

09:26

@Rathony the user in question is a well-known troll.

chat.stackexchange.com/search?q=meatie&room=22937

Rathony

@IͶΔ I suspected it.

No wonder. How are you doing?

IͶΔ

I'm doing great! You?

Rathony

Not bad. Running and Learning.

I think I found another troll.

IͶΔ

@Rathony meta.ell.stackexchange.com/questions/1120/… (no one-box)

chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/22937?m=23191222#23191222 too. With some digging around, you'll find that the popcorn potential is high.

@Rathony I'll have what you're having.

Rathony

Why not just suspend the user?

IͶΔ

09:32

Because they did what?

They play by the rules.

Rathony

Because we don't want them. Period. :-)

IͶΔ

I wish that would work.

It doesn't.

Rathony

Is leaving a question with 6 downvotes better than suspension? It is highly debatable.

IͶΔ

The sly little murderer always runs away.

Rathony

I agree.

So downvote.

IͶΔ

09:33

@Rathony We just don't give a s***.

The thing trolls are seeking is attention. Let's not give it to them.

Rathony

Downvote means you had better suspend yourself.

IͶΔ

Just downvote the next question from the OP. :)

Rathony

I answered one of his/her question yesterday.

I am so proud of it now.

A: Issued In Armies

You are overthinking this preposition in in the sentence. Let's rephrase it to a simple sentence removing the absolute construction: The ushanka is issued for all (the) soldiers (to wear in Winter) in all Warsaw Pact armies. You can see there are many unnecessary (redundant) words elided...

IͶΔ

BRB breakfast

@Rathony Beware the future comments . . .

Rathony

Did you read this question? ell.stackexchange.com/questions/81216/…

I think this user is another troll.

Keep asking about past perfect.

I am 99% sure the OP of this question is the same one. ell.stackexchange.com/questions/81219/past-perfect-tense

And we seem to have 7:00 AM troll.

IͶΔ

09:39

@Rathony Nope. Just another Nima.

My threshold for calling someone a troll is high.

Rathony

I see. When did ELL graduate from Beta?

You think it is better to delete the post on Meta?

IͶΔ

Nah, leave it as is.

@Rathony Couple o' months ago.

Rathony

I see.

So no chance to merge L into U.

@IͶΔ BTW, what does your user name stand for? Is it a different font?

You don't seem to want to get pinged from anybody.

IͶΔ

@Rathony No other fonts. It just stands for "Ina", which is my nickname in The Periodic Table chatroom (main chat for chem.SE)

@Rathony Usually I don't need to. I see stuff.

Rathony

Does ELL have polity on a question like this, ell.stackexchange.com/questions/80182/…

I mean policy.

IͶΔ

10:04

@Rathony No it doesn't.

I wish it did.

Rathony

Typical homework or exam preparation question. General reference.

IͶΔ

Not specially GR, but we have a special close reason for it on chem.

ELL's meta is still anti-moderation right now.

Rathony

It is time.

New Design.

IͶΔ

What? What does a new design have to do with moderation?

Rathony

I don't see as many trolls on ELU. I think hostility (not very aggressive one) works for ELU.

I was joking.

IͶΔ

10:08

Well, I don't agree with the fact that stricter moderation will mean more aggression, but there's this stupid perspective that "the poor learner can't ask a good question, so let's not expect a good question."

Rathony

That's partly true. But there is clear distinction between good and bad question.

If you can't expect a good question, then why bother to close it at all?

IͶΔ

YEAH EXACTLY.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE ANNOY ME.

It's not good for their health.

Or mine.

Rathony

Comment to J.R. Based on your answer, this question, Thanks vs Thank you vs Thank you so much? and this one, Aggressive in a good way should not be closed. They are all legitimate questions from learners. Let me rephrase the latter, What is the positive term for the word aggressive”?. I don't see the difference, do you?

Why did we close this question? ell.stackexchange.com/questions/81198/aggressive-in-a-good-way

It could be a very interesting question, I think.

The only thing is the OP doesn't know how to write a good-worded question. That's all.

IͶΔ

That's where an editor should chip in.

Rathony

Exactly.

But the thing is we don't know for sure what aggressive means in the OP's context.

And the OP is not responding. Then, the question is thesaurus question.

IͶΔ

10:13

One thing's for sure: Now that we've closed that, we should close 1000 other questions on ELL.

Rathony

Exactly.

That's my whole point.

We don't need thesaurus questions. It doesn't help learners any more than proof-reading questions.

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