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Ben Brocka

9:00 PM

@PanicBomb yeah if I do that it's only because it's original research and I couldn't find how to do it elsewhere

Panic Bomb

Yeah, if it's, like...extremely difficult to find through Google I could see it

but otherwise it just kinda looks like seeding

Frank

@Ash I haven't flagged it as NaA. But that's the literal reason for down voting.

user15026

@PanicBomb I can see why he did this one in particular, because he actually asked it before and it got clsed/deleted, so he basically redid it once he found it

Panic Bomb

@AshleyNunn Ahh.

user15026

@Frank I am not arguing the downvote?

Frank

9:01 PM

And then it got closed again.

user15026

@PanicBomb Seeding one question here and there is far from being bad

Frank

Which I had nothing to do with.

user15026

@Frank This is also true.

user15026

@Frank ...you know I am not arguing any of that, righth?

user15026

Like I am just saying that at the core, it is a technical answer, and whether or not it is objectively up to snuff is going to be a very individual decision

Frank

9:02 PM

@Ash Oh, I was reading your argument as quote only answers are still valid. Which I agree with. Even if I don't like them.

user15026

@Frank Yeah, okay, we are on the same page.

Frank

Oh, good. I was getting confused.

user15026

I am too tired, it seems, to make piles of sense

Chippies

His answer is quite lame imho

Frank

I will chalk it up to me being on mobile.

And the mobile interface lacks utility.

Chippies

9:04 PM

if he put some effort and rephrased the quote a little and the put a link to source it would feel less robotic

user15026

@Frank Does it ever.

user15026

@Chippies I suspect it was reacting to the original version and its closure and the meta post and all of that. Kinda a "well look now i followed the rules" sort of deal

Frank

@Chippies Effort of any sort. That's all I ever ask.

Lazers

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Q: How do the sets work that call additional followers to your side?

There are 2 sets (can't look them up now, will edit my question later tonight if someone doesn't beat me to it, I will be offline for 3-4 from now but will check back in then)... I think one set is a lvl 70 Demon Hunter Set and the other is Ashera's, that call additional followers to your side...

diablo-3

Frank

I haven't even down voted the question. It could be valid. Just the answer, since it is just a straight up copy paste.

Chippies

9:06 PM

What if... someone else made an answer with some effort? lol

Frank

Even if he added some original content to his answer, I'd undownvote the answer.

Chippies

it seems that the question is locked, so no one can answer anyway

Frank

Mod closed.

badp

O___O

Frank

Locked means you can't edit it. Or vote.

user15026

9:10 PM

@Chippies Not locked, just closed by mod

user15026

@badp That's surprisingly a lot. O.o

user15026

although I sold a card for 96 cents the other day, which made me feel good. I just don't get why people want them :P

Frank

@Ash That's awesome.

Panic Bomb

That's the way to do it. Sell 'em and move on

Chippies

@AshleyNunn it says on-hold, which in my dictionary is same as locked, lol

badp

9:12 PM

"on hold" means "recently closed"

Frank

Same reason I arbitraged the crap out of gems, pre-RoS

badp

...it's just eye candy really. There's no actual difference between "on hold" and "closed." It's just to soften the blow.

Chippies

so like, deleted?

badp

@Chippies No.

Chippies

bah these terms are confusing

what is closed then?

badp

9:13 PM

A question appears as "closed" if it's been "on hold" for 3 days I believe

Chippies

what happens to a closed question?

3ventic

Closed has been on hold for ~~a week~~ 5 days

badp

They bumped it up to 7 days?

Wow.

Chippies

a closed question gets deleted?

Panic Bomb

IIRC "closed" was changed to "on hold" because "on hold" sounded less like a final state and also less harsh for new users

badp

9:13 PM

@PanicBomb Yes.

3ventic

@3ventic Fixed it

badp

@Chippies The idea is that eventually that should happen, but it's not necessarily an automatic process

Tim Stone

(except for duplicates, generally)

FEichinger

@Chippies "locked" and "on-hold"/"closed" are separate concepts.

3ventic

Duplicates are special.

FEichinger

9:16 PM

"on-hold" and "closed" really is just a matter of softening the blow. Technically, it's the same thing.

Chippies

@FEichinger and just to make sure - closed is basically same as deleted, right?

FEichinger

@Chippies Nope. Deleted is something else entirely.

Chippies

can closed questions still be viewed/found by search?

FEichinger

Yes.

Frank

Any closed unanswered negatively scored questions get automatically pruned by Community after ten days.

FEichinger

9:17 PM

In fact, you can even filter for closed questions with the closed:1 query.

Deleted questions, on the other hand, only show up in search for moderators.

Chippies

what if someone makes a duplicate question later and gets a good answer? Is it considered a dupe?

FEichinger

(They are visible to rep >=10k users, but not in search.)

Frank

Any neutrally voted unanswered question gets pruned after a year.

FEichinger

@Chippies Duplicates are tricky.

Theoretically, if the questions are identical, they're duplicates.

We then prefer to close the newer one as a duplicate of the older one.

However, system changes about a year ago made this slightly complicated.

Chippies

but you wouldn't really be able to answer to the closed question, which might not have a good answer

so the only option would be to make a duplicate question

Frank

9:19 PM

This is one of the reasons I use down votes liberally; it marks it for future deletion.

FEichinger

@Chippies If the older question is closed this gets even more complicated.

Chippies

@FEichinger Yeah, that's what I am wondering. You can't really answer the closed question, so your only option is to make a duplicate and then it all becomes very complicated

Frank

If a question is closed, its usually a good idea to fix it, rather than ask a dupe.

FEichinger

@Chippies You can always (suggest an) edit (to) the closed question to fix it.

Or, if it's closed for a reason that shouldn't be fixed‌, a duplicate probably shouldn't be asked either.

Frank

Especially if you asked the original.

badp

9:24 PM