As some ambiguity is unavoidable, one should vote on claims based on what you believe the author to have meant.
By
Vynce
on February 08, 2007
Or what you believe most people will believe the author meant if it is too late to prevent the claim from its Mob-concensus Doom.
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Or when in doubt, just drop a comment for the author to clarify.
Even better, ignore claims that are too ambiguous and let them die a quiet +1/-0 death
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The best thing to do with a boring or useless claim is ignore itYes you should, Rachel
"one should vote on claims based on what you believe the author to have meant"
I don't see how else it's possible to vote. Even if I try to misinterpret the author's intention, I still have an idea of what I think he meant.
if you don't know how it's possible to vote otherwise, search for "pedant" -- there are a lot of claims wher people have voted not based on what they thought the author meant but based on what they could make the words mean.