@pentavalentcarbon Yeah, now that you've edited it, I realize there was much to be improved. I did read the post, but I didn't immediately realize all those mistakes. thanks for promptly notifying, will take care next time
@pentavalentcarbon if you have the time can you write a meta post. I mean this is way more than what I learnt from going through revisions to my edits.
I want to say that there is a meta post, but I'm not sure...?
researching old stuff on meta is a pain in the ass, because it's all cross-linked, no wonder people don't bother
I'll check at some point. I know that some of what I just said is specific to the homework cleanse and a few of us just talked about it when the room was created...so I'll poke through the log too
Making a good edit is hard. On chem.SE, we (would/should/could) care about the finest points of formatting. There are basic points of editing many editors know about: Put some fancy MathJax/ $\rm\LaTeX$-syntax in, some paragraphing, bullet points for "points", embolden instead of capitalize, etc....
Which one is more basic: acetamide or aniline?
I approach the question by protonating both of the compounds. Then I judge them on the basis of the stability of the corresponding conjugate acid.
In $\ce{CH3CONH3+}$, due to resonance, a positive charge is created on the oxygen atom. So, res...
@AvnishKabaj it feels like a speech; "Presenter: hey chem.se, today I'm gonna show you all which one is more basic. [audience applause] So, we're going to have a look at this compound..." you get the idea...
I think the tendency when making lots and lots of edits, by necessity, is that you don't spend much time on each one. If you don't take the time to read the question and its answers, you'll forever be stuck in "trivial edit" mode.
Then you realize, oops I forgot something, and make a bunch of edits in a row, like that grammar tense one just above
@pentavalentcarbon i can guarantee you that i do always read the answers as well as the question; i can't come up with proofs immediately; but you can read my edit history
well i did invest a substantial amount of my time, actually very few of my edits involved just removing the homework tag...
most of the questions had poor mathjax use
I still am upset with those ice tables
people drew them in all sorts of crazy ways
converting them to a decent mathjax table was, well, long
See, that's the point I'm trying to make. The sum of all your edits adds up to substantial time, but we would be better off if fewer questions were edited, but those edits were substantial improvements.
Another side to this coin is that there's no reward for "look how much effort I put into fixing/writing all this MathJax".
Which nicely parallels how rewards work in real life!
i think many of my edits probably were just as substantial as well; but sometimes I guess it just takes more than one person to see the thing in the right direction; but nvm, i've slowed down considerably now
and am definitely not gonna bump those homework tags again
unless they come up in any google search or a new question links to them
I still think too many "trivial" edits are better than none. And some people have nothing better to do than be cranky. We're just strangers on the internet yelling at each other and we all have bad opinions...
I'm saying don't stop digging for homework. Just take your time.
Which one is more basic: acetamide or aniline?
I approach the question by protonating both of the compounds. Then I judge them on the basis of the stability of the corresponding conjugate acid.
In $\ce{CH3CONH3+}$, due to resonance, a positive charge is created on the oxygen atom. So, res...
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