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oh hai

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 8:53 pm
by zompist
Created new forum at Man in Space's request. Enjoy!

Re: oh hai

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 12:43 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
So why is it called "End Matter"? Is it some joke I'm not getting?

Re: oh hai

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 1:15 am
by bradrn
Thanks zompist!
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 12:43 am So why is it called "End Matter"? Is it some joke I'm not getting?
If it helps, I don’t understand the name either…

Re: oh hai

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 3:45 am
by alice
"End Matter" in publishing refers to the stuff after the main text, such as the appendixes, indexes, references, and so forth. The name of the forum is probably a reference to it being similarly placed at the end of the list of forums. Or so I think.

Re: oh hai

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 3:58 am
by bradrn
alice wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 3:45 am "End Matter" in publishing refers to the stuff after the main text, such as the appendixes, indexes, references, and so forth. The name of the forum is probably a reference to it being similarly placed at the end of the list of forums. Or so I think.
Well, that much I figured out myself… but even so, the name is still a lot less descriptive than those of all the other subfora!

Re: oh hai

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 7:31 am
by Raphael
And what if, at some point in the future, there's a desire for yet another forum?

Re: oh hai

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 7:57 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
I assume it would be placed above End Matter.

Re: oh hai

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 9:19 am
by hwhatting
alice wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 3:45 am "End Matter" in publishing refers to the stuff after the main text, such as the appendixes, indexes, references, and so forth.
I guess the solution to zompist's little joke is right here. :-)

Re: oh hai

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 9:24 am
by bradrn
hwhatting wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 9:19 am
alice wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 3:45 am "End Matter" in publishing refers to the stuff after the main text, such as the appendixes, indexes, references, and so forth.
I guess the solution to zompist's little joke is right here. :-)
Ah-ha! Ha ha ha, very funny…

Re: oh hai

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 2:00 pm
by alice
yay for unconscious self-revelation!

Re: oh hai

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 3:54 pm
by Man in Space
hwhatting wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 9:19 am
alice wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 3:45 am "End Matter" in publishing refers to the stuff after the main text, such as the appendixes, indexes, references, and so forth.
I guess the solution to zompist's little joke is right here. :-)
You can blame me for that joke. I figured a bit of levity wouldn’t hurt.