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6:18 PM
The background for this can be found at at MSO, but I'm not sure if the case here at English.SE was manual or automated. Also, we generally call these system messages, the red dropdowns are system notifications.
(Now vote for me since I know everything)! /gets shot for campaigning
 
6:32 PM
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Q: Usage of 'and' with commas

NishantI grew up learning British English rules and we were taught that while using commas to list or enumerate items, there should never be a comma before the and. For instance: I bought bread, milk, apples and oranges. I've seen this rule less prominent these days, especially in the US. The same...

Yet another "Oxford comma" question.
@Kosmonaut: You still there? Clean-up on Aisle Comma ...
 
Cleaned up.
 
Grazie
When I see the notification under the row of chatter gravatars that "There are other rooms ...", am I the only one who thinks of this:
Other Voices, Other Rooms is a novel written by Truman Capote published in January 1948. Other Voices, Other Rooms is written in the Southern Gothic style. Other Voices, Other Rooms is significant because it is both Truman Capote's first published novel and semi-autobiographical. It is also noteworthy due to its erotically charged photograph of the author, risque content, and debut at #9 on the New York Times Best Seller list. Conception Truman Capote began writing the manuscript for Other Voices, Other Rooms after being inspired by a walk in the woods while he was living in Monroevil...
 
7:23 PM
I am waiting until the last minute
@Martha expect to hear from me later today
 
FX_
8:04 PM
@Kosmonaut: regarding vgv8, I thank you heartily for initiating some action following the threads on meta, and discussion here and in comments
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8:20 PM
If anyone knows of any conferences to which SE could sponsor a member, I've started a topic on Meta:
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Q: Are there any conferences to which SE could sponsor a member?

waiwai933Stack Exchange sponsors members from SE sites to attend conferences in that field. Since EL&U is a smaller SE community than some of our peers (although I would say, in some cases, of much higher quality), I think it would be a good idea to promote EL&U to other linguists, etymologists, a...

 
FX_
@waiwai933: the good question is “Are there any conferences in Hawai to which SE could sponsor a member?”
 
8:43 PM
@FX_ Well, a paid trip somewhere is better than no trip at all. We can't get too greedy.
 
 
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FX_
9:46 PM
ah, the return of vgv8:
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Q: What does the expression "low-quality question" mean?

vgv8I am having difficulty to understand the meaning of the expression "low-quality question" in question: What should be done regarding vgv8's stream of low-quality and off-topic questions? What does it mean? Or what does mean "high-quality question"?

 
FX_
10:21 PM
actually, we could plug the questions from vgv8 straight into the Internet Oracle (cgi.cs.indiana.edu/~oracle/index.cgi); boy, would that be fun!
 
Just ignore the troll and all will be well.
 
FX_
well, no, the guy is annoying
not feeding the troll is fine, but not enough
 
11:06 PM
Well, the guy is relentless. He's attached himself to this site like a barnacle. Maybe a little scraping is in order?
@RegDwight — Wait, how did Hungary get to be Carthage?
 

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