User:IntoThinAir/Terms

Here are some terms I came up with that I hope catch on:
 * "The Ball Effect"--When you're searching for sources on something/someone, and you think you've found one, but it actually only came up b/c of something someone posted in the comments. Named after Tim Ball since I discovered it when searching for sources about him.
 * "Masking"--When you have bot edits disabled from your watchlist, someone edits a page, then a bot edits it (usually this is a talk page and they forgot to sign), so you don't see the edit made by the person at all b/c it wasn't the most recent.
 * "Sticky link'--When you copy and paste something from a website into a Wikipedia page, and not only does the text you wanted get copied-and-pasted, a bunch of text you didn't does too. Usually the latter appears after the desired text and reads something like: "Read more: http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/10/10/Peanut-butter-sniff-test-may-detect-Alzheimers-onset/7591381420974/#ixzz2w4WBUvrS"
 * Drifting--When you're googling something (usually a person) and you get so far into the results that you start seeing lots of results that are clearly about someone else.