Wikipedia:Too long; didn't read


Too long; didn't read (abbreviated TL;DR and tl;dr) is a shorthand to indicate that a passage is too long to invest the time to digest it.[3] Akin to Wall of text.

The label is often used to point out excessive verbosity or to signify the presence of and location of a short summary in case the page is too long and won't otherwise be read.[4] It can be misused as a tactic to thwart collaborative editing or a stoop to ridicule. If a discussion is reasonably concise, it is best practice to read it before commenting.

  1. ^ Blaise Pascal (December 2014) [original date 1656-1657]. The Provincial Letters. Translated by M'Crie, Thomas. University of Adelaide. Retrieved 7 November 2017. (Letter 16) ... The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.
  2. ^ Blaise Pascal (January 2001) [original date 1656-1657]. Les provinciales : ou les Lettres écrites par Louis de Montalte à un provincial de ses amis et aux RR. PP. Jésuites (PDF) (in French). eBooksFrance. p. 116. Retrieved 7 November 2017. (Letter 16) ... Je n'ai fait celle−ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte. The document is an adaptation of an electronic text from the National Library of France (Bibliothèque Nationale de France)
  3. ^ Tom Chatfield (2016). Netymology: From Apps to Zombies: A Linguistic Celebration of the Digital World. Quercus. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-62365-165-7.
  4. ^ Soonmme (2008-07-14). "Urban Dictionary, definition #7". UrbanDictionary.com. Retrieved 2014-08-18.

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