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Lloyd Dominic
Lloyd Dominic
07:59
Hey, Mokubai!
Can we talk?
Mokubai
Mokubai
08:17
@LloydDominic Sure
Lloyd Dominic
Lloyd Dominic
It's about the Tag Wiki ...
Mokubai
Mokubai
I assumed it would be.
Basically if you'd have done anything but just copy and external source I wouldn't have had a problem.
But you did it twice.
A generic description might be okay for a first shot on a wiki, but plagiarism is not acceptable​.
Lloyd Dominic
Lloyd Dominic
But, SE didn't notifiied me that my edit was rejected.
Also, I'm still a bit "new" here ... (just a bit)
Mokubai
Mokubai
You can easily check your suggested edits: superuser.com/users/591374/…
Lloyd Dominic
Lloyd Dominic
Oh, okay!
> Didn't know about that! ...
Mokubai
Mokubai
08:23
@LloydDominic Nothing wrong with being new, but where copied content is concerned we are very firm on the rules.
Lloyd Dominic
Lloyd Dominic
Hmmm ...
> So, what could I do?
Mokubai
Mokubai
If you still want to add the wiki then I can withdraw the suggested edit ban, but you'll need to make sure that you are not just copying from Wikipedia or other sources. Use your own words and understanding to describe it. Make it your own.
Lloyd Dominic
Lloyd Dominic
Anyways, here's the reason why I "doubled" the Tag Wiki edit:

- I thought my edit was not approved, only the Usage Excerpt, and also, Stack Exchange notified me that my edit was approved (for the Usage Excerpt only), but not on the Tag Wiki *(I don't know what to call it ...)*. I also didn't know that my edit was rejected, because Stack Exchange didn't notified me.

So, that's why ...
Mokubai
Mokubai
Notifications are not always clear and some are missed it seems, but if in doubt you can check all of your history via the activity tab on your user profile.
Lloyd Dominic
Lloyd Dominic
But, if I edit the Tag Wiki, could I provide links or references to external sources?
Mokubai
Mokubai
08:35
You should be able to edit again now.
@LloydDominic if they are helpful, yes. For a wiki the same rules as answers apply.
It might be worth reading our help on How to reference material written by others as they are also relevant here.
Some people have made the tag wiki a starting board for "everything you need to know about..." In the past, not sure that's​ relevant here.
Basically we just don't want it to be nothing but a copy of Wikipedia or user manuals or other internet content. It should be relevant to the users of our site.
Lloyd Dominic
Lloyd Dominic
Oh, okay! ...
Wait, I just noticed something ...
Is the tag anti-aliasing is just created yesterday?! ...
> Or, is this some kind of a bug, or a glitch? ...
Link here
Um, hello?
Are you still online?! ...
Mokubai
Mokubai
08:55
Sorry. Had to go for a while.
Lloyd Dominic
Lloyd Dominic
Okay, see 'ya!
Mokubai
Mokubai
@LloydDominic the tag wiki was created yesterday, not the tag itself
Lloyd Dominic
Lloyd Dominic
Oh, okay! Thanks!
Mokubai
Mokubai
The tag itself says
> created 7 years, 10 months ago by Juliano
Lloyd Dominic
Lloyd Dominic
Oh, okay!
> I thought, the Community user is the one who created that tag.
> ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Lloyd Dominic
Lloyd Dominic
09:27
Could I edit the Tag Wiki like this: 
Anti-aliasing is used to provide better graphics by reducing the jagged edges, commonly seen on curved lines.
And then, I would provide a link / reference to an external source like NVIDIA: 
    According to NVIDIA, it is used to greatly reduce the "stair step", oftenly seen on the 3D edges in the screen:
> Antialiasing is a technique used to minimize the "stair step" effect sometims seen along the edges of 3D objects.
Mokubai
Mokubai
09:52
@LloydDominic It's more applicable to straight lines, as a "curve" in 3d graphics is approximated by multiple straight lines. Generally speaking the improvement is seen at the boundaries between textures or objects.
Lloyd Dominic
Lloyd Dominic
10:16
Um, what?! ...
Hmmm ...
Straight lines may or may not use anti-aliasing because they are straight. And so, curved lines (without anti-aliasing applied) would be ugly as jagged edges / jagged lines / the "stair step" effect can be seen on curved lines with no anti-aliasing applied. Anti-aliasing is used to make curved lines appear great on the screen.
Therefore, it adds realism to the edges of the 3D objects by applying anti-aliasing on the graphics, using either downsampling or blurring some edges on the objects / curved lines.
btw, I should've used the word "texture", somewhere on my message ...

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