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Add `!nedbat` tag to link to Ned's talk on names in Python
- Raised by @3ddP here: https://discord.com/channels/267624335836053506/464905259261755392/1060555791507128391 (Helpers+ required)
We would like to add a nedbat
tag that embeds Ned Batchelder's "Facts and Myths about Python names and values" PyCon 2015 talk.
Video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AEJHKGk9ns
We already have a tag that links to that talk: https://github.com/python-discord/bot/blob/main/bot/resources/tags/names.md
can it be added as an alias? ;(
It doesn't quite seem appropriate to have a command with Ned's name that links to a tag semi-related to a talk he gave 8 years ago.
I'd expect a nedbat
command describe who Ned is, and maybe link to some of the content they have produced, which also doesn't seem appropriate to do for one person in isolation.
A tag is supposed to quickly describe a concept and link to further reading, which is why we often link to Ned's content as they are very well written/spoken.
The names tag is quite long and honestly includes a bit too much information to be useful. I think a !names-and-values
tag that has a 2 sentence summary and a non-suppressed link to Ned's video would be much better. Alternatively, we could rework the names tag a bit to be more usable and approachable.
The names tag is quite long and honestly includes a bit too much information to be useful. I think a
!names-and-values
tag that has a 2 sentence summary and a non-suppressed link to Ned's video would be much better. Alternatively, we could rework the names tag a bit to be more usable and approachable.
Either/both of those sound good to me.