User talk:Blaxthos/Okay

First impressions

I'm not sure. I suppose it's true, in that "okay" doesn't necessarily indicate agreement (only acknowledgment), but does it need to be said? I guess I don't use "okay" very often, so I haven't had it misinterpreted. Maybe some examples/diffs showing this kind of miscommunication? What prompted you to write this? --auburnpilot talk 17:06, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

I think my point is I often want to indicate acknowledgment of message without indicating agreement with the pretext, or to give conditional approval assuming that the basis is indeed correct. I created the article for the purpose of this sort of linkage:

Editor A: Since source foo says elephants are pink, I'm going to put it in the article.

Blaxthos: okay.

I want to acknowledge and/or respond without giving any indication that due diligence was done with regards to source foo. When it turns up later that elephants are not pink, I don't want the point misconstrued that I gave any sort of tacit agreement. Using something more explicitly clear, like "That sounds good, assuming that you actually read foo and it does say elephants are pink", is pretty dickish. Trying to convey the point without being an ass or sounding confrontational. Make sense? //Blaxthos ( t / c ) 18:35, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Love it. This is exactly the usage that I usually hear being used. It is spoken slow and deliberate, sometimes drawn out for added skepticism. It is a totally non-committal acknowledgment of the other persons statement, with the clear implication that no challenge in being issued, or further discussion desired. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 20:43, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

it's probably required for me to put this here or something

Because I'm like that I decided to write user:casualdejekyll/NotOK. Apologies? I guess? casualdejekyll (talk) 03:02, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

That’s NOTOK. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 06:43, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

But, to be clear, I disagree. “Okay” is said in response to something astonishing, and in this circumstance it most certainly does not mean “Yes and I agree”. SmokeyJoe (talk) 06:44, 28 June 2021 (UTC)