@Jim low effort (OP don't even mention whether they attempted to search web and what results they had). Maybe worth a DV or two for that. Other than that, question looks OK to me
@gnat based on the comments, it seems the author wants an answer in order to do reasearch
my thought, at least, is that it would be more appropriate for chat (assuming a search failed to yield a good result, which would depend on search terms used)
I'm inclined to agree with you; it's not a good question, but I'm not sure it warrants closure
I routinely have to deal some people with big attitude at my workplace. They think that they are so superior a Homosapien that they will not reply to my chat messages or mails. I have to get some work done from them or need something from them. So I can't just ignore such guys.
What is the best ...
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@Jim There are 3 off topic votes but I do not know that it is off topic... other than that the downvotes are what we should have for poor questions like that.
I already have a masters degree in computer science. I am currently working in the industry as a software engineer. I want to move towards management in five or six year. Is it beneficial to go for an MBA degree when I already have a Masters in computer science?
I want to become a project manager...
Are you asking "what are the benefits of receiving an MBA when I have a masters already?" This would be a great question - but specific career advice for your personal situation is off topic (see the FAQ). Feel free to edit if so - I personally have interest in this as well :) — enderland10 mins ago
I converted a question from please judge others to a constructive what is the best way to accomplish x question. How can I make it wiki so that the original poster does not get rep from my work :p
I routinely have to deal with a situation when some of my colleagues do not reply to my chat messages or emails. I can't just ignore them, because I get tasks from them and occasionally need to consult with them.
How should I deal with this situation?
A coworker is extremely busy and I need to discuss an important, but non-urgent matter with them. They haven't responded to my last few emails and they spend most of their workday in meetings. What is the most effective and appropriate way to get their attention? I've considered a Post-It note ...
@Chad wiki status triggered by 10 edits can be revoked (if justified appropriately). Just flag for mod attention and explain why you think it's unfair BTDTGTTS
@Jim per my recollection of related MSO discussions, current party line is dupe direction is left at discretion of voters; it's not required to close later in favor of earlier...
@Chad oh that ":p" Jim didn't notice. No I won't flag that for you. I just like it too much when OP sees how they can gain rep through edits, so that next time they could do it themselves, without bothering us editors :)
A coworker is extremely busy and I need to discuss an important, but non-urgent matter with them. They haven't responded to my last few emails and they spend most of their workday in meetings. What is the most effective and appropriate way to get their attention? I've considered a Post-It note ...
I've seen good questions which go "I'm considering doing X to solve Y problem. Is this OK/Professional?" or "What else should I consider" and I thought it was OK to ask stuff like that
@enderland Yeah I can understand the context (I'm a freshman (freshy) at school, I need a refresher (fresher), etc ) but not enough to give an exact definition without looking it up
But anyways, back to the question about post-its... can someone explain to me why it was considered not-constructive so I can try to find an edit that would prevent it from getting re-closed again that doesn't change the question entirely?
@Rachel 1) it was an ettiquete question we deal with professionalism and workplace stuff not ettiquete. 2) It was a yes or no question that was very localized. 3) it was not why should i do it or not it was an I want to do it but got in trouble for it tell me I was right question
I personally am all for all the edits It can handle 4 more at least...
then i could care less what happens to that question
had I looked a little closer I just keep my hands off of it I realized the true problem after I tried to save the question.
@Chad I see you've re-applied your edit, but don't want to get into an edit war with you over this. I've flagged the post for a moderator to take a look at, as I still strongly feel it changes the question too much and makes it a duplicate of another question which does not address the original question asked
I'd be happy to try and work with you to find an edit that meets your version of appropriate for the site, while not changing the question so dramatically. Just ping me if you want to.
@Chad I also think it's OK to leave them, however think there are certain circumstances where it would be a bad idea, such as like Kate's answer pointed out
I live in Europe and have had some interviews with a very big MNC based in Belgium. They said they will give me an offer letter in a few days, however I am still waiting for it. The date that they said was about 3 weeks ago.
The last I've heard from them was they said they are managing the admi...
@Chad Well OP is waiting to hear back from the company he wants to work for so he knows if he should accept another job or not, and the company hasn't been very responsive. I'm not sure the exact question you could ask other than "What should I do to get this outcome in this specific situation?", which I think is OK
"Here's my situation, what should I do" is very different from "Here's my situation, what should I do to reach this specific objective". The first is more like Dear Abby, while the 2nd is a valid question for us
@Chad Perhaps it should then ask something about what to consider when deciding if you should use a post-it on someone's monitor as a means of communication then?
I already have a masters degree in computer science. I am currently working in the industry as a software engineer, but I want to move towards management. Is it beneficial to go for an MBA degree when I already have a Masters in computer science? How would an MBA help me advance my career toward...
@Rachel The question we are arguing about is a strawman intended only to make the poster feel superior by having the interweb hordes say yes you are right it is a horrible thing to do. And it is funny that the person trying to keep it most close to the original strawman disagrees with him. I really hope you post an answer saying it is ok :p
@Chad I'm not sure where you got that idea from, however regardless I don't see how a user's motives matter in the case of posting a decent question for the site which got a great answer.
The question is fine. It's one that is shared by other members of the workplace. It has a great answer. Why do you hate it so much? Do you just want it closed because you don't like the reason it was posted, or the user that posted it?
I had a old question that I revisited in order to link it in a new answer. I noticed that in the comments Steven A Lowe had a funny comment that I -- at the time -- had responded to with "why can't I upvote comments?" Well, of course, now I can. So, I voted Steven's comment up then went to dele...
@Chad Guess I'll just agree to disagree with you then, because I don't think we'll ever see eye-to-eye on that :)
@enderland Usually I either put a bounty on it with a bounty notice asking for a re-evaluation, or leave a comment for the person who said it was by-design and ask for a reevaluation
@enderland you could always just ask a new question, link to the dup, and ask if the proposal could be reevaluated and explain why you think it needs to be reevaluated. Worse thing that happens is it get closed as a dup, and the issue gets more attention :)
@enderland Well, the problem is that for a non-trivial number of comments you're probably orphaning a bunch of replies as well. So you're making more work for someone either way.
(for a trivial number of comments... It's 5-seconds man.)
I don't think it's all that often people leave a comment asking a question, get an answer, and then want to delete their comment and upvote the response to their comment
@enderland I'm slowly learning that there's a StackApps userscript for just about everything. Perhaps someone has one somewhere, or could help you right one :)
@Shog9 Because oftentimes lots of other people post poiintless comments here and I'm also rate limited on comment flags (flags = voting) so I don't really enjoy that process to determine which comments are wheat vs chaff for so long ;)
@BenBrocka wrt 4-5 seconds, a while ago, when I was doing UI, I tested on myself to determine a comfortable delay to wait for the next button click. If memory serves it has been between 2 and 3 sec
and the feeling of comfort difference has been pretty distinct. 0.5 sec more than fairly comfortable felt quite bad
> A hallway usability test is where you grab the next person that passes by in the hallway and force them to try to use the code you just wrote. If you do this to five people, you will learn 95% of what there is to learn about usability problems in your code.
> Good user interface design is not as hard as you would think...
I don't often vote to delete questions because I don't feel I have enough Stack Exchange experience to really know how to apply this ability.
As a site, what sorts of questions do we want to be:
closed/downvoted and edited
closed/downvoted but left around
deleted (after how long being closed?)
There are restrictions on when you can delete something. My opinion is if you can delete it and feel it should be then vote to delete... you can also vote to undelete if needed.