Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 15:23:00 -0800 From: Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r201477 - head/games/fortune/datfiles Message-ID: <20100105152300.eb7a66d1.stas@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4B4384E3.2080600@FreeBSD.org> References: <201001040916.o049GZ1Y013061@svn.freebsd.org> <4B4384E3.2080600@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:28:51 -0800 Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> mentioned: > First off, thanks for sorting these, that's a step in the right > direction. :) However, a few quibbles. First, our rule is that > anything which might offend someone belongs in fortunes-o, and > political quotes are always in the category of "might offend someone." > (FWIW, neither of these are offensive to me, I'm just pointing out the > general procedure.) > > Second, while it's clear at this point in time who these people are, > and what the context is, read through the fortune files sometime and > try to place who some of the people referenced are, when the quote was > relevant, etc. At minimum the quotes should be dated (IMO). > > Finally, let's pretend for a second that this is an international > project, and not assume that titles like "defense secretary" are > meaningful everywhere. :) > > Oh, and in the Rumsfeld quote you have "there're" twice, and in the > actual quote it's spelled out both times, "there are." > > I would change the citation in the first quote to read: > > -- United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld > 12 February 2002 > Personally I don't see the need to mention the context, but if you do > you could add "... 2002, On the invasion of Iraq" > > For the second, you could do something like: > > -- Daniel Fass, Chairman of United States President > Barack Obama's financial-industry fundraising party > I'll leave finding a date for that quote up to you. :) > Thanks for suggestions! What's regarding the "there're" spelling --- I'm not sure what the correct version is: I took this quote from the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper, and it saved the original spelling. -- Stanislav Sedov ST4096-RIPE
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