Qiaochu Yuan comments on "Strunk and White" (6037)

Qiaochu Yuan — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:12:44 -0700

As far as I know, we don't have any control over the name of the badges. Even if we did, "Strunk and White" was only meant to be a clever reference, not an endorsement of any particular advice about writing.

tgoodwilie comments on "Strunk and White" (6030)

tgoodwilie — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:59:43 -0700

This may seem picky of me, but I disapprove of the name of the badge for frequent editing. I love White's writing, but the famous Strunk and White book about how to write well has an overblown reputation, and in fact is full of useless and ill-conceived advice -- advice which a good writer like White would never follow.

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