User talk:C.t.chin

What was your reason for deleting the code for select? I placed it there as an example of a capability when working with vectors. I realize it includes a function, which some might say should be in a library. LABoyd2 (discuss • contribs) 18:59, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Perhaps your objection is to my presenting select as if it were co-equal with the standard functions len and concat.

This was a result of my use of extensible languages, where a function, once defined, becomes a part of the language for that session.

If so, I will see about reworking it as strictly an example. LABoyd2 (discuss • contribs) 19:59, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

copy / paste
Do not copy other people's work to create "new" pages or books. If you don't provide attribution, then it is a copyright violation. In addition, when naming pages, do not include your username in the title. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 08:48, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Actually I am helping to improve this book but being new to the game I thought to create a temporary "alternate" edition, hoping to gain the confidence of the original dev team before merging my version into the present book. The "copying" of other's work is with the full knowledge (and implicit consent) of those people. Also re: naming article with my ID: the intention is to replace large sections of the current book, so the specific named page will be deleted in the near future and those content merged into the main book. c.t.chin
 * sorry, but it doesn't work like that. They cannot "consent" to breach the site license - you must attribute any copying. In any case creating a copy intending to merge it later requires an administrator to deal with the mess in the edit history. Don't do it - edit in place, it can easily be reversed later if required. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 11:42, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Ok... I understand now. I will merge my version into the main book itself. However, I can't figure out how to recover the content of the latest version of the page that you deleted. I work from several different location so I don't keep an up-to-date copy offline, thinking that (mistakenly??) that any changes is logged and can be redone/retrieved. Could you help please?

Also please delete the page OpenSCAD_User_Manual/The_OpenSCAD_Language/Fast_Guide%28c.t.chin%29 for the same reason. This time I did copy the content to an acceptable title. C.t.chin (discuss • contribs) 03:45, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

BTW there might be an misunderstanding about "copy paste without attribution". The page originally started with copy paste, but I have so extensively rewritten and even re-structured the content that it can in no way be a copyright violation anymore, if you only compare the two versions. In the OpenSCAD community, my new version had won approval from many members and especially importantly the dev team. It is ready to drop into replace the existing section in the current version of "General", once that happens there will be no issue of copyright violation since there will only be one version. C.t.chin (discuss • contribs) 04:32, 9 December 2015 (UTC)