Talk:Age/sex/location

"asl" extremely lame

It should be noted that the question "asl" is considered extremely lame by anyone who has been using the internet for more than a few months. This is why it is generally associated with young teenagers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.109.254.40 (talk • contribs) 02:40, 10 April 2005‎

Inferior link replacement

Hmm, the link to RFC 1855 has been replaced by a link to Netiquette. Note that the latter is currently actually inferior to the former, to some degree, at this point in time. Kim Bruning 23:57, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Original research

I just removed some original research and uncited commentary. If you can cite a published article where the use of "ASL" is criticized then go ahead. I think it's actually somewhat borderline as to whether or not this article should be merged into the main internet slang article. Blackcats 07:27, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

History

The history goes back a little further than this article suggests. BBS systems with chat, plus services like CompuServe CB Simulator and The SOURCE had chat programs. There, "MORF?" and "A/S/L?" were used frequently. -- Mikeblas 05:48, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Using Quantum Link for the Commodore 64/128 we used a/s/l as age/sex/language as we only really cared if we could communicate readily. Roughly in the mid to late 1980's. PanteraJones (talk) 04:23, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Shouldn't redirect

The redirect page contains no mention of it, and wouldn't provide as much information anyway. Stopping the redirect, but keeping the link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kvn8907 (talk • contribs) 20:38, 25 June 2006

All unverified

This article is entirely unsourced. This is bad. --Xyzzyplugh 14:31, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

The only references are Acronym Finder and Urban Dictionary and these have been deemed not reliable enough for the List of Internet slang phrases. /Jiiimbooh 19:15, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

General Knowledge

It would be nice to have a serious article to link to, but isn't this general knowledge and therefore doesnt need citations? 141.154.23.165 22:22, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

General knowlegde must be cited, too. However, we mustn't be too fierce on general knowledge articles, as it isn't easy to find sources.--Orthologist 15:30, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Abysmal

This article is in abysmal quality. It's obviously a notable topic, but I've just removed a bunch of content that isn't provided by suitable sources. The remaining sources are questionable in their quality and there certainly isn't balance compared to what is available online.

I've attempted to give it at least an acceptable standing until someone is in a position to improve it sufficiently. Nosebagbear (talk) 12:26, 31 July 2019 (UTC)