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+ | [[ObTrav]] or ''Obligatory Traveller Comment'' is an obscure piece of netiquette. | ||
+ | * It was a kind of unofficial [[term]]inology. | ||
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+ | == Description ([[Specifications]]) == | ||
From the [http://www.catb.org/jargon/ Jargon File version 4.4.7]: | From the [http://www.catb.org/jargon/ Jargon File version 4.4.7]: | ||
[http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/O/Ob-.html Ob-]: /ob/, pref. | [http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/O/Ob-.html Ob-]: /ob/, pref. | ||
− | Obligatory. A piece of netiquette acknowledging that the author has been straying from the newsgroup's charter topic. For example, if a posting in alt.sex is a response to a part of someone else's posting that has nothing particularly to do with sex, the author may append ‘ObSex’ (or ‘Obsex’) and toss off a question or vignette about some unusual erotic act. It is considered a sign of great winnitude when one's Obs are more interesting than other people's whole postings. | + | Obligatory. A piece of netiquette acknowledging that the author has been straying from the newsgroup's charter topic. For example, if a posting in alt.sex is a response to a part of someone else's posting that has nothing particularly to do with sex, the author may append ‘ObSex’ (...or ‘Obsex’) and toss off a question or vignette about some unusual erotic act. It is considered a sign of great winnitude when one's Obs are more interesting than other people's whole postings. |
− | In this context ObTrav implies the author of a post has wandered from the Traveller topic (admittedly a broad subject for which almost anything can be considered on topic), and wants to return to proper subject. | + | In this context ObTrav implies the author of a post has wandered from the Traveller topic (...admittedly a broad subject for which almost anything can be considered on topic), and wants to return to proper subject. |
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+ | == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | ||
+ | At one time, it was a fairly common aside comment on the [[TML]]. | ||
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+ | == References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) == | ||
+ | {{Intermediate}} | ||
+ | {{Sources | ||
+ | |S2= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]] | ||
+ | |S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | [[Category: Game Terms]] | ||
+ | {{MET|Terminology}} |
Latest revision as of 13:56, 10 July 2019
ObTrav or Obligatory Traveller Comment is an obscure piece of netiquette.
- It was a kind of unofficial terminology.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
From the Jargon File version 4.4.7:
Ob-: /ob/, pref. Obligatory. A piece of netiquette acknowledging that the author has been straying from the newsgroup's charter topic. For example, if a posting in alt.sex is a response to a part of someone else's posting that has nothing particularly to do with sex, the author may append ‘ObSex’ (...or ‘Obsex’) and toss off a question or vignette about some unusual erotic act. It is considered a sign of great winnitude when one's Obs are more interesting than other people's whole postings.
In this context ObTrav implies the author of a post has wandered from the Traveller topic (...admittedly a broad subject for which almost anything can be considered on topic), and wants to return to proper subject.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
At one time, it was a fairly common aside comment on the TML.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science