Actually, a wet sponge can shock and crack a hot tip over time. A lot of people use brass wool instead, it cleans without the sudden cool down. Abby_brown's story about the tip going bad fast is a perfect example of how that happens. Constant wet sponge use just speeds up the damage on cheaper irons. You want to keep the tip tinned with solder, not just wipe it clean.

Tell me about that sandy soil job.

Read a blog that called internal links the site's own recommendation engine.

Yeah, that zoom tool blew my mind too.

Wait, you said "maybe that's wrong." What makes you think writing the long ones could be wrong, @ross.dakota? Is it just a feeling or did you read something specific that changed your mind? I'm curious because I've always leaned toward longer answers too, but now you've got me wondering if we're both missing something. Is the problem that they take too much time, or do people just not read them?