User blog comment:PsiCubed2/Are We Inadvertently Encouraging Salad Numbers?/@comment-27260252-20170609151713

I very gladly agree. I have only been a googologist for less than 2 months. When I first came on this wiki, I was so confused in all of the following ideas. All the experienced googologists had unique notations that they didn't have anything to explain to people seeing it for the first time. We also use a lot of symbols in the computer language LATEX, which is vastly complex on certain googolisms. They should have some way to clarify each time for new googologists, which they don't. I was a new googologist on here, and I recall very clearly what it was like. It was very confusing. I had no idea how anything worked until I saw mainstream, I still had much to learn afterwards. I think there are not enough articles in the basic googological functions category on the homepage, many more would fit under them. Even now, I barely understand some of the more complex(Ex: Binary, Unary, etc) languages since none of them are ever made to explain to a new googologist. This is also why we newcomer googologists define salad number after salad number after salad number, because we barely understand things and have no idea how the functions work and just have no idea how to define new numbers except by using pre existing numbers. All this confusion just because more articles should fit in the basic googological functions category which don't, nor do blog posts include explanations each time, which they should, or at least have resources to learn it. Even now, I am extremely confused and am just barely understanding googology, since almost no googologists ever try to explain the functions to a non googologist. A basic tutorial of the LATEX language should also be included since it is used so much on this wiki, along with a reference website to symbols, since it is used so much to write new numbers. When I created BIGGER FOOT, LORD and ALMIGHTY, I legitimately thought those would be the largest numbers ever, since there were literally ZERO resource pages on mainstream explaining functions such as Rayo, FOOT, etc. and I think that the only way to make this better for newcomers is to have an entire section on this wikia explaining ALL of the main googological functions to non googologists, not just the 10 basic googological functions on the homepage. This section for all the new googologists should be GIANT, and should have EVERY main function not originating from a blog post such as Rayo, FOOT, fast growing hierarchy, etc. with explanations as if it was being taught to people with no experience in the languages, functions, etc. kind of as if it is teaching googology in a school setting, that basic. This section needs A LOT of work and making an entirely new section for newcomers with everything basic and explanations not requiring a 500,000 IQ and PHD in computer programming, LATEX, googology, etc. in the BASIC articles. We need to do lots of work for it