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John Hegyes · · Las Vegas, NV · Joined Feb 2002 · Points: 5,676

Random question that I've had for a long time.

Why are there [brackets] surrounding a lot of seemingly random words in the route database comments sections? Example:

Is it that [inconvenient] to drive down the canyon a few miles to climb some more routes? This isn't a debate about [runout] trad vs sport, sport climbing is a well established fact, and many trad routes have bolts.

Ron Olsen · · Boulder, CO · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 11,360

John,

You see those brackets because some Mountain Project administrators, when editing a route description or comment, put brackets around their changes to the original submission. I personally feel the brackets are unnecessary and confusing, and don't use them when I edit someone else's route description or comment. After all, this is a climbing route data base, not a technical journal. But other administrators have a different opinion on this subject.

John Hegyes · · Las Vegas, NV · Joined Feb 2002 · Points: 5,676

Oh, makes sense now. Here's a funny one:

Oh [yeah], no matter how you go to Mickey [Mouse], you have to get close to the tracks. [Locomotive] Breath is right on the tracks...

Dirty Gri Gri, or is it GiGi? · · Vegas · Joined May 2005 · Points: 4,115


History of the Choo-[Choo].

"The [Chattanooga] Choo-Choo"

In March of [1880], the [first] train of Cincinnati Southern Railway (CSR) rolled into town, creating the first [major] link between the North and South. A newspaper columnist [nicknamed] the train the Chattanooga [Choo-Choo], a name that would later go down in history. The [Choo-Choo] crossed the Tennessee River seven miles north of [Chattanooga], and two miles further, at Boyce, connected with five miles of the W & A line to [Union Station]. Eventually CSR constructed its own line parallel to that of W & A from Boyce to [Chattanooga]. The Chattanooga [Choo-Choo] would not become [famous] for another sixty-one years. In [1881] A brick depot was constructed at [Union Station].

[Okay], I got it [too], about the [choo-choo].
Jeffrey LeCours · · New Hampshire · Joined Apr 2008 · Points: 1,381

If someone was going to make an [edit] regarding a route name, you'd think they would use the "bracket bracket route_id bracket bracket" link syntax instead; for example Mickey Mouse Wall

Kat A · · Boulder, CO · Joined Jun 2006 · Points: 510

The [Micky and Minnie] mouse photo on the [Choo]-Choo is [friggen] funny.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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