When one edits 80 posts on math.stackexchange.com he/she gets a badge called "Strunk and White".
Can someone tell me why this badge has been given this name?
Thank you.
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7$\begingroup$ Strunk and White are names of people who authored a style guide. Also this. $\endgroup$– Jyrki Lahtonen ModCommented Feb 12, 2016 at 10:16
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$\begingroup$ Uh, I had read the answer but didn't realize it was their names. That's quite the coincidence then... $\endgroup$– Najib IdrissiCommented Feb 12, 2016 at 12:09
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$\begingroup$ @NajibIdrissi out of idle curiosity, what else did you think it was? $\endgroup$– quidCommented Feb 12, 2016 at 18:57
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1$\begingroup$ @quid I thought "strunk" referred to striking through words, and "white" referred to whiting out words... $\endgroup$– Najib IdrissiCommented Feb 12, 2016 at 22:41
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$\begingroup$ @NajibIdrissi I see, thanks for the clarification. $\endgroup$– quidCommented Feb 12, 2016 at 23:59
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Check Wikipedia.
Strunk and White is the common name for "The Elements of Style", a guide to writing style dating all the way back to 1918.
The notion is (in my own interpretation) that a user who submits 80 edits of others' posts must surely enjoy writing, or he/she wouldn't bother. In other words, such an editor would, with a high probability, have a good grasp of the elements of style of writing in English.
