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October 11

Apple Store VS Bestbuy for Repairs?

I Live in California, United States and will be sending in my iPhone 6 for battery-related repair. Does anyone know if there is any difference in pricing or customer satisfaction between the Apple Retail Store and BestBuy? 70.95.44.93 (talk) 12:32, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've never taken anything that wasn't under warranty for repair to a chain store, but any decent repair shop should be able to open it up for free or a small fee and give you a quote for the repair cost. 93.136.47.32 (talk) 15:10, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If the "battery-related repair" is simply replacing the battery (in a phone where that can't be done by the user), then both should be able to quote you a price, up front. SinisterLefty (talk) 04:19, 12 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah battery replacement in an iphone requires a special tool but is otherwise pretty easy. If you want to do it yourself, look on ifixit.com. They sell a replacement kit that includes the tool and a new battery. 173.228.123.207 (talk) 22:46, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

When you watch some of Louis Rossman's video's you'll never want to go to an Apple store for repairs anymore. For example Genius Bar caught ripping customer off ON CAMERA by CBC News (12:43) (When you watch the rest of his videos you'll never want to buy anything from Apple ever again.) --Zom-B (talk) 06:11, 17 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What is Wiki text?

I recall there is a computer term for Wikitext (or wikisource) meaning that it is semi-structured. It has some structures (section headers, citation templates etc), but it's also not so structured as a database like Wikidata. It's somewhere between free-form plain text with no real structure and a database that is completely structured. What is this type called? -- GreenC 14:37, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There can be many terms, such as "markup language", which is a language in which markup is included in the language. 135.84.167.41 (talk) 16:16, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note that WYSIWYG ("wizzy-wig") is a term for the plain text. Here's a link to markup language, with HTML being one of the most popular. SinisterLefty (talk) 17:22, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! There is a more general term/concept I'm looking for. I've seen it before but can't remember but those are not it. -- GreenC 17:26, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Rich text? 93.136.47.32 (talk) 18:00, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It has to do with semi-structured vs. structured. -- GreenC 20:42, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Also see wiki, which talks about the rich-text editor mentioned above. SinisterLefty (talk) 04:21, 12 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think "markup language" is about as good a term as there is. Semi-structured is ok too, but it doesn't "officially" mean anything. 67.164.113.165 (talk) 16:59, 13 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Backlink request

My name is Lysa Ward,MD and I'm an expert provider of the Fraxel 1550, also known as the Fraxel Re:Store treatment. My practice URL is [1] and I would like to request a backlink. The official page on Wikipedia for the Fraxel treatment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraxel is somewhat short. I have 20 years of experience and I think the reader will have several unanswered questions still. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Lysa Ward, MD

SkintegrityMedSpa (talk) 21:54, 11 October 2019 (UTC) SkintegrityMedSpa (talk) 21:58, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You can ask for this at Talk:Fraxel. -- Hoary (talk) 22:11, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Or not, because OP's clearly a self-promotional spam account. Ian.thomson (talk) 23:38, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'd put it a bit differently. The reason we shouldn't link to that page is that the page is promotional, not that the OP is. Even if somebody with no link to that company whatsoever wanted us to link to that page, it would still be inappropriate. SinisterLefty (talk) 06:32, 12 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]