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Ardub23: Moved {{wikipedia}} to top, italicized "NetHack", and made minor improvements to wording

2020-07-06T16:37:08Z

Moved {{wikipedia}} to top, italicized "NetHack", and made minor improvements to wording

Paxed: Reverted edits by Paxed (talk) to last revision by 115.134.186.110

2012-02-15T19:22:41Z

Reverted edits by Paxed (talk) to last revision by 115.134.186.110

Paxed at 19:22, 15 February 2012

2012-02-15T19:22:10Z

115.134.186.110: clarify "hacker"

2011-02-22T12:20:55Z

clarify "hacker"

Jafet: Better link factoring

2010-11-15T10:51:57Z

Better link factoring

Jafet: redundant link

2010-11-15T10:50:44Z

redundant link

Jafet: Expand and clarify examples

2010-11-15T10:49:25Z

Expand and clarify examples

74.51.19.114: awkwardly pointed out jargon file relation.

2010-08-16T20:50:56Z

awkwardly pointed out jargon file relation.

SaintD: Linked the term Metasyntactic to Wikipedia.

2009-02-06T22:42:40Z

Linked the term Metasyntactic to Wikipedia.

190.41.173.174 at 15:19, 31 January 2009

2009-01-31T15:19:33Z

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 '''''foo''''' is a [[wikipedia:metasyntactic variable|metasyntactic variable]]: a word that does not mean anything by itself but is used to represent other, unspecified words.
-In the [[NetHack]] community, people may refer to [[foocubus|''foo''cubus]]  to represent a ''suc''cubus or ''in''cubus, or [[footrice|''foo''trice]] to refer to a ''chicka''trice or ''cocka''trice. To [[fooproof|''foo''proof]] an object is to make it ''rust''proof, ''fire''proof or ''corrode''proof, depending on the object, but a better word to use in this case is ''[[fixed]]''.
+In the ''[[NetHack]]'' community, people may refer to [[foocubus|''foo''cubus]]  to represent a ''suc''cubus or ''in''cubus, or [[footrice|''foo''trice]] to refer to a ''chicka''trice or ''cocka''trice. To [[fooproof|''foo''proof]] an object is to make it ''rust''proof, ''fire''proof or ''corrode''proof, depending on the object, but a more commonly used word in this case is ''[[fixed]]''.
-The word ''foo'' is used widely in the [http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/F/foo.html hacker] (and NetHack-er) community, but it can be traced back to World War II and earlier. Its precise origin is not clear; [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3092 RFC 3092] lists several plausible etymologies of the word.
+The word ''foo'' is used widely in the [http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/F/foo.html hacker] (and ''NetHack''-er) community, but it can be traced back to World War II and earlier. Its precise origin is not clear; [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3092 RFC 3092] lists several plausible etymologies of the word.
-NetHack players generally do not use ''bar'', ''baz'', and the rest of the common metasyntactic variables.
+''NetHack'' players do not commonly use ''bar'', ''baz'', and the rest of the common metasyntactic variables.
 [[Category:Community]]
 [[Category:Development]]

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 In the [[NetHack]] community, people may refer to [[foocubus|''foo''cubus]]  to represent a ''suc''cubus or ''in''cubus, or [[footrice|''foo''trice]] to refer to a ''chicka''trice or ''cocka''trice. To [[fooproof|''foo''proof]] an object is to make it ''rust''proof, ''fire''proof or ''corrode''proof, depending on the object, but a better word to use in this case is ''[[fixed]]''.
-The word ''foo'' is used widely in the hacker (and NetHack-er) community, but it can be traced back to World War II and earlier. Its precise origin is not clear; [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3092 RFC 3092] lists several plausible etymologies of the word.
+The word ''foo'' is used widely in the [http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/F/foo.html hacker] (and NetHack-er) community, but it can be traced back to World War II and earlier. Its precise origin is not clear; [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3092 RFC 3092] lists several plausible etymologies of the word.
 NetHack players generally do not use ''bar'', ''baz'', and the rest of the common metasyntactic variables.

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-'''''foo''''' is a metasyntactic variable: a word that does not mean anything by itself but is used to represent other, unspecified words.
+'''''foo''''' is a [[wikipedia:metasyntactic variable|metasyntactic variable]]: a word that does not mean anything by itself but is used to represent other, unspecified words.
 In the [[NetHack]] community, people may refer to [[foocubus|''foo''cubus]]  to represent a ''suc''cubus or ''in''cubus, or [[footrice|''foo''trice]] to refer to a ''chicka''trice or ''cocka''trice. To [[fooproof|''foo''proof]] an object is to make it ''rust''proof, ''fire''proof or ''corrode''proof, depending on the object, but a better word to use in this case is ''[[fixed]]''.
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 NetHack players generally do not use ''bar'', ''baz'', and the rest of the common metasyntactic variables.
-{{wikipedia|Metasyntactic variable}}
+{{wikipedia|Foo}}
 [[Category:Community]]
 [[Category:Development]]

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−	'''''foo''''' is a ~~[[wikipedia:Metasyntactic~~ variable~~\|Metasyntactic variable]]~~: a word that does not mean anything by itself but is used to represent other, unspecified words.	+	'''''foo''''' is a metasyntactic variable: a word that does not mean anything by itself but is used to represent other, unspecified words.

	In the [[NetHack]] community, people may refer to [[foocubus\|''foo''cubus]] to represent a ''suc''cubus or ''in''cubus, or [[footrice\|''foo''trice]] to refer to a ''chicka''trice or ''cocka''trice. To [[fooproof\|''foo''proof]] an object is to make it ''rust''proof, ''fire''proof or ''corrode''proof, depending on the object, but a better word to use in this case is ''[[fixed]]''.		In the [[NetHack]] community, people may refer to [[foocubus\|''foo''cubus]] to represent a ''suc''cubus or ''in''cubus, or [[footrice\|''foo''trice]] to refer to a ''chicka''trice or ''cocka''trice. To [[fooproof\|''foo''proof]] an object is to make it ''rust''proof, ''fire''proof or ''corrode''proof, depending on the object, but a better word to use in this case is ''[[fixed]]''.