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Eric Wilhelm (6389)

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Monday October 22, 2007
07:18 PM

Tutorial Hall of Shame

[ #34735 ]

The Hall of Shame page on the wiki has been called "a flame war waiting to happen". Really? Does it help if it comes with reasons and I'm willing to put my name on my opinions?

IIRC, Schwern had a litmus test for this sort of thing. Should probably find that link...

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  • That was me... I thought it would become a flamewar because creating a "hall of shame" invites people to find tutorials to slag on (it's fun!) rather than to actually use. I think "shaming" also encourages strident rather than thoughtful criticism. That