Re: Flamewars & Why pedantic spelling is good.
On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 02:55:13AM -0600, Adam Heath wrote:
> > On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Craig Sanders wrote:
> > > yawn. you're wrong. again.
> >
> > I have seen no quotes from you, of other, *outside* sources, that show
> > 'zonefile' in widespread use. I *have* seen posts saying that 'zone
> > file' is, however.
>
> i don't feel under any obligation to act as a dictionary for lazy or
> stupid people, however earlier in this thread i already gave two
> examples of other DNS-related packages within debian that use the word
> 'zonefile'. in the description, no less.
Pointing out other package's descriptions does not prove your point. No
package description can be used as the authoratative location for the spelling
of any word or phrase.
If you point out one description that is the same as yours, then there will
also be others that are different. So none can be used.
Find an external location.
> i guess you must have missed that because i failed to highlight the
> significance with an enormous flashing neon sign for the congenitally
> stupid. well here it is, just for you:
Logic dictates that you can't use what is under study to prove the study
itself.
> any search on google or other search engines will reveal many thousands
> of uses of the word 'zonefile'. like i said, it's in common usage in
> the field and has been for years. but that couldn't possibly be
> evidence, could it? after all, that would mean i was right and that
> would be embarrassing to admit to, wouldn't it?
google is not authoratative. And, continuing my thread above, google will
have just as many spellings of 'zone file' as it does of 'zonefile'.
Find something authoratative.
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