Baker Tips, Tricks & Traps
——— Class #1 (2/13/20)
>>6329, >>6400, >>6468 /comms/ BO Rusty checks in
——— Class #2 (2/20/20)
>>6431 What is "pastebin"?
>>6449 muffin tactic of omitting date–why dates matter,other advice on notabling >>6477
>>6480 Even the worst mistakes are fixable
>>6501, >>6477 How to deal with Q proofs & other anon analyses
>>6525 How to post off-bred links
>>6543 Take care to copypaste entire dough to pastebin - easy to miss top or bottom
>>6658, >>6656 Use Control-F (F3) to search within each bread
>>6665 Every new baker freaks out when when Q posts
>>6676 Never feel dumb
>>6734 When to make a new thread [to prep it, not bake it!]
>>6683, >>6687 Cloning the dough in case pastebin.com goes down
>>6695, >>6735, >>6752, >>6754, >>6769, >>6822 Bakers on nick-names, icons, pastebins
>>6848 Baking trick (what to do while waiting for thread to drop)
——— Class #3 (2/27/20)
>>7340, >>7072 Baking Steps 1 - 9 (slides only)
>>6998 One- vs two-page notables (more: >>7007, >>7015, >>7024, >>7040)
>>7019, >>7027, >>7030, >>7069 Bakers never panic, never tap
>>7051 Advantages of a non-guest pastebin account [no captcha]
>>7054 You don't have to pull marathons to bake
>>7106, >>7177 Baker pleased to see 2 late gy bakers vying for the bread
>>7116 Eight tips for creating notables posts (to help bakers)
>>7175 End-of-bread issues
——— Class #4 (3/5/20)
>>7189 Summary of Baking Steps (eight)
>>7209 "Create a Thread" versus "Post a Reply" >>7212, >>7220
>>7231 Only the first post in baking uses "Create a thread"
>>7216 Laptop is fine for baking
>>7224 The two parts of baking: actual baking & note-taking
>>7252 Funny meme: baker's perspective on baking
>>7287, >>7294 Dough posts with breaks marked /////BREAK\\\
>>7298, >>7303, >>7311 Two-page notables (discussion)
>>7321 How to create a new dough paste
——— Class #5 (3/12/20)
>>7573, >>7575, >>7582 In response to "I suck at baking": How to reduce baking stress
>>7731 Pastebin.com works with Mac OS
>>7642 Text editor for a Mac: Atom >>7643, >>7651, >>7729
>>7768 Bakers need detachment >>7770, >>7773
>>7780 Plz don't edit another baker's notables >>7780, >>7784, >>7798, >>7804, >>7809, >>7811, >>7815, >>7817
>>7896, >>7898 Bakers don't want to be ID'd by number
>>8039 Baker school is attracting shills–must be over the target
>>8139 Q Bakes: when to bake & late-minute Q posts
>>8237 Tell anons to plz state the main point when posting Q proofs, etc.
——— Class #6 (3/19/20)
>>8352 Note-taking wo/baking, baker's assist controversy >>8365, >>8385, >>8413, >>8419, >>8433
>>8544, >>8562 When to drop note-taker notables
>>8788 "8chan" baking vs "WWG1WGA" baking, cooperation w/anons
>>8373 Who's responsible for checking notables (bakers or anons)? >>8388
——— Class #7 (3/26/20)
>>8885 The perfect bake: composition, timing, snipe >>8887, >>8888 (You), >>8889
>>8911 Role of bakers on the board plus bakers/BOs >>8915 (You), >>8923 (You)
>>9127 Baking thread a continuing resource
>>9136 Taking notables/baking for a baker
>>9186 (You), >>9193 (You) New bakers coming online, anon encouragement
>>9181 New baker's dough & notes plus feedback >>9188 (You), >>9191 (You), >>9195
>>9191 How to handle notables when there is more than one baker per bread
——— Class #8 (4/02/20)
>>9411 Differing ideas about baker demeanor >>9375, >>9382, >>9404, >>9411, >>9418
>>9431 Current relationship with /qr/ BO @fj
>>9337 Bread title–put colon AFTER the bread number
>>9373 Qs after @600 - don't let shills distract
>>9375 Notable posting, timing 200-400-600
>>9386 Bakers message to anons
>>9380 Notables post after the bake
——— Class #9 (4/09/20)
>>9970, >>9981, >>10011, >>10017 Formatting bun numbers, notables page
>>10083, >>10106 Tell anons of needed baker changes in advance; timing issues
>>10081 Note-taker steps to bake for first time
>>10087, >>9993 Formatting issues
>>10075 Importance of tagging the dough post
>>10078, >>10101 Ideas for streamlining notables; what to include/exclude?
>>10106, >>10119, >>10116, >>10167 "Last call crew" (anons/shills who call out problems at end of bake)
>>10101, >>10111 Telling anons from muffins
>>10132, >>10148, >>10163 Ignore muffins when baking
>>10133 Creating a pastebin early
>>10226 Can't make it to class? Suggestions
——— Class #10 (4/16/20)
>>10547, >>6892 Baker handoffs
>>10555, >>10815 Max post length: 4700-5000 characters, ~200 lines (results vary).
>>10581 Good comms with anons
>>10696 How to report a thread or post
>>10763 Team baking (baker plus note collector) >>10765, >>10764
——— Class #11 (4/23/20)
>>11354 Example of baker get trying to get nommer to be more specific