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4:14 AM

I feel like an idiot for doing it this way, but it seems appropriate. Anyway, there was an odd suggested edit that deserved to be a meta thread, so I posted it in meta here:

Q: Ethical Questions Should be Allowed

This suggested edit by Mihai Nicolae was more appropriate as a meta post, so I am adding the content of the edit here for discussion by the community. This was regarding the question "Is a complex test which benefits the company an ethical practice?": Please reopen this question, as it falls...

However this is really a duplicate of a discussion here:

Q: Are Ethics part of our purview?

We've collected a fair amount of ethics questions. In my opinion "ethics" in general is too subjective and distant from a "real" problem to be an answerable question; everyone has an opinion, but no one has an answer. Often the "real" problem has more to do with what's a smart thing to do or what...

discussion on-topic-definition

I would appreciate closing it as such. I even made the first vote. Still find it odd to create and vote to close my own post.

jmac

4:30 AM

And more oddity elsewhere! After an aggressive edit, the author self-deleted this post (which I think is a good question):

workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/15387/…

jmac

4:51 AM

@RhysW, some reading material for you to study for the near future

Q: Moderator Cheat Sheet

As an alternative to the other FAQ format being fleshed out here on MSO, I'd like to propose something far more terse that covers the bare essential mechanics of being a moderator. Feel free to add more questions, but keep them short: this isn't the place to get into complex moderation issues, ...

support moderators moderator-faq

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jmac

6:51 AM

@enderland Taken care of:

Q: What information is important when introducing yourself to coworkers you have never met?

Today, my manager introduced me to an employee who's visiting us from a different geographical location. The person is visiting our office for 2 weeks. I don't know anything about him and I don't have any working relationship with him either. When introduced to a colleague you have never worked w...

conversation

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enderland

1:13 PM

great edit

enderland

1:31 PM

@jmac this is specific to that question from the main site though, so Id keep it open

jmac

1:44 PM

@enderland Either way, all good. Just found it odd to self-close.

enderland

1:55 PM

You have just articulated why I voted to close this question... — enderland 3 mins ago

kinda nice when someone else writes an explanation as to why you vote to close their question :)

@jmac the title of your meta post makes me want to disagree

but your text is different

jmac

2:13 PM

@enderland It is a meta post by proxy! Don't go blaming me for it, I was doing good by another user!

enderland

2:55 PM

uh oh a @YannisRizos sighting everyone run

RhysW

@jmac I was confused too, thought you were asking broadly about ettiquette, rather than about a single post

@enderland you scared him off

@jmac doesn't it feel wrong when you edit a question into shape then post an answer to it? :P

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RhysW

4:04 PM

wow, the last day had a massive starring run! the entire starred board has changed

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enderland

5:54 PM

Q: jeans for charity policy

Does anyone have a charity for jeans written policy? I am trying to write one and would love some current ones please. My company is going to allow our office to pay 3-5 a piece for the option the wear jeans on the last friday of each month. I would appreciate any help with this matter. Thank you

dress-code

any reason this shouldn't be closed in current form?

RhysW

6:20 PM

@enderland not that i can see, voted

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enderland

9:33 PM

Q: How to implement a "jeans for charity" policy?

I am interested in starting a "jeans for charity" policy at my workplace. My company is going to allow people in our office to pay 3-5 each for the option to the wear jeans on the last Friday of each month. I am concerned about the best way to implement this as it is new to our company. What sor...

company-policy dress-code

not quite a @jmac edit but hopefully it builds on what @GreenMatt did to make the Q better

RhysW

@enderland might want to remove your own comment there then, incase people see your edit, then you suggesting closing!

enderland

good call

RhysW

and you can retract your own close vote if you wish

enderland

I love being able to retract close votes

RhysW

though you cant recast them

enderland

9:58 PM

yeah. Still pretty awesome to be able to simply retract close votes like that after edits

avoids a loooot of annoyng situations

RhysW

10:20 PM

monica seems to be popping in more often recently and leaving comments that is

is it bad that i know most users visiting patterns?

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jmac

11:37 PM

@RhysW Very very very wrong.

Companies receive money to allow employees to dress down? This seems like such a backward concept to me. Perhaps I've been out of the country too long? If the dress code accomplishes nothing (in the sense that allowing people to dress down for money doesn't have a negative effect), shouldn't the company just donate to charity for people who dress professionally instead of having people pay to dress down?

jmac

11:54 PM

Greatest meta "question" ever:

Q: This place is AWESOME!

Not really a question but an incredibly grateful comment. I am so thankful for this site's creation. I only recently became aware of it having a lot of programming questions lately. Seems any and all questions I ever ask are already here so again, THANK YOU FOR EXISTING!