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Brendan
Brendan
2:11 PM
Hey, anyone around? I was wondering if UX.SE took critique questions like Graphic Design does. I implemented a design pattern that I have never tried before and would be interested in feedback from this crowd!
 
JohnGB
JohnGB
2:48 PM
Hi @Brendan
I'm afraid that we don't take those sorts of questions. Although I can see value in them, we don't want to become a critique site, where people come for free UX consulting. The site is aimed more at people that are interested in UX and who are asking narrow questions that will be useful to other people.
Critique like questions are mostly useful to the person asking the question, and not to other readers of the question.
 
JonW
JonW
Only 5 hours left to vote in the UX StackExchange moderator election. Good luck everyone!: ux.stackexchange.com/election?cb=1
 
Code Maverick
Code Maverick
3:12 PM
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Q: 'My Account' or 'Your Account'?

fredleyI want to put a link to an account page in a toolbar. What person should I use to refer to the user's settings? Should I call it 'My Account' or 'Your Account'? I've seen both is use, and I'm not sure which one is correct, or even better.

labels wording tone-of-voice
What is the reasoning behind not being able to migrate questions that are 60 days or older?
To me, all these "this word" vs "this word" questions belong on English.SE unless they are really tied to a specific User Experience issue.
 
JonW
JonW
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Q: Disable migration for questions older than 60 days

Shog9This has come up a few times now: migrating old questions causes problems. The most popular solution to this to date has been to reset votes on migrated posts. This is do-able, but frankly it feels like treating a symptom, and doing so in a way that penalizes folks who answer what are by all ap...

feature-request status-completed migration
 
Code Maverick
Code Maverick
3:24 PM
@JonW Ok ... so if we are saying this all because reputation, badges, etc., should we close them as off-topic here and just leave them here, but not flag for migration?
 
JonW
JonW
Depends if they're definately off-topic or not. Might be worth a meta post to see what the community think of such questions and whether they can be edited to be made more on-topic of people think they're not currently.
 
Code Maverick
Code Maverick
@JonW You think that would be best served on MSE or our meta?
 
Brendan
Brendan
@JohnGB Okay. Thanks for the response!
 
JonW
JonW
@CodeMaverick Our one as it's only specific to this UX site.
 
Code Maverick
Code Maverick
4:00 PM
@JonW Alright ... I'll ask.
 
Code Maverick
Code Maverick
4:46 PM
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Q: Since we can't migrate off-topic questions older than 60 days, what should we do with them?

Code MaverickThe reason I have come to asking this question is due to the plethora of questions that are of the effect of "this word" vs "that word". These types of questions really belong on English.SE unless they are actually on-topic due to a specific UX.SE reason. Examples There might be some actual on...

discussion feature-request questions off-topic
There it is
 
JonW
JonW
Yeah, I was just reading that. I think it comes across that you've already made the decision that these questions aren't suitable for UX, whereas I'm not so sure. I'd reword the question into two part really. a) Are these type of questions suitable? and b) if no, then what should we do with them.
 
Code Maverick
Code Maverick
ok
 
JonW
JonW
Questions like this: ux.stackexchange.com/questions/72555/… are ones I'd consider borderline, but the 'OK/Cancel on buttons' one seems a great fit for UX.
 
Code Maverick
Code Maverick
reworded
sure, that's why I stated some of the questions might be on topic
the question lies in what to do with the ones that aren't?
 
Benny Skogberg
Benny Skogberg
It's quite difficult to judge really. Either these questions are a labeling issue where one phrase/word is right in one place and completely off at another place. It depends on users ontology really. Labeling is definately UX, but I'm not sure if X vs. Y makes a good question.
 
Code Maverick
Code Maverick
4:55 PM
I know ... it' a tough call ... but English.SE deals with these all day long
that's why I think they'd fit better there
they get into the origins, etymology, etc.
 
Benny Skogberg
Benny Skogberg
True! And I had fun reading all the clever answers there. So if it's obvious it's an English.SE question > migrate if Q=<60 days. Otherwise - let them be.
 
Code Maverick
Code Maverick
but i can also see how after that's determined ... it would pass onto a UX.SE question in that what do users "prefer" and what is the "statistical research" that proves one is better to use than the other
 
Benny Skogberg
Benny Skogberg
Stats only work on open web pages and not on user account only sites. Then you need to survey the users of that site, and such stats are hard to come by if you're not a user yourself. And even then it can be difficult if the site is an enterprise.
 
Code Maverick
Code Maverick
very true ...
which makes it even more opinion based
 
Benny Skogberg
Benny Skogberg
It's like the questions "Why did Google change it's design to X?" type of question
Opinions
 
Code Maverick
Code Maverick
5:01 PM
If all a question does is generate opinions, then, to me, it should be closed as off-topic
right ... those should be closed
 
Benny Skogberg
Benny Skogberg
Yup!
 
Code Maverick
Code Maverick
yet ... they generate TONS of views, hit the Hot Network Question jackpot
and ... then what?
 
Benny Skogberg
Benny Skogberg
It's the famous blog post, "Bad subjective, Good Subjective"
Blog - Stack Exchange: Good Subjective, Bad Subjective
Robert Cartaino on September 29, 2010

Stack Exchange is about questions with objective, factual answers. We’ve been crystal clear about this for as long as I can remember, even back to the earliest, pre-beta days of Stack Overflow. It’s right there in the standard Stack Exchange FAQ:

What kind of questions should I not ask here?

Avoid asking questions that are subjective, argumentative, or require extended discussion. This is not a discussion board, this is a place for questions that can be answered!

Thus, questions that are not answerable — discussions, debates, opinions — should be closed as subjective. It seems simple enough: Fact good; opinion and discussion bad. But why? …

@CodeMaverick We're slaves to the fact "All publicity is good" :-)
 
Code Maverick
Code Maverick
true
so then it seems we give in to popular demand ... if it's highly voted ... leave it alone ??
i love that Purity webcomic by xkcd, one of my favs
 
Benny Skogberg
Benny Skogberg
Since we are small and insignificant on the web - yes. But I had a bad "gone viral" question a while ago which was actually closed by @JonW. It was done very correct and I had the chance to comment before it got closed. Great moderation there...
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Q: Why do we say we "browse" to a place on the Internet when we actually download a web server’s content to our browser?

Benny SkogbergBrowsing the web is a common daily task for more than a billion users, and we do not pay much attention to it. We just “browse to a place” or ask our laughing friend across the table “where she is on the Internet” since we might want to “visit the same place” having the same experience she’s havi...

interaction-design terminology browser semantics
 
Code Maverick
Code Maverick
5:15 PM
That sounds like a great Area 51 site we should call, "Things that make you go ... hmmm?"
Then all of the Why does/did X do Y questions can fit under that umbrella lol
Not to re-hash the question, but it's interesting, and I think the correct answer to that is that if we call our applications browsers, they have to browse, right? If not, we shouldn't call them browsers. Pitchers, pitch. Catchers, catch. Shooters, shoot. Etc. Therefore Browsers, browse, and they browse the internet via the HTTP Verbs: GET and POST.
 
Benny Skogberg
Benny Skogberg
5:44 PM
@CodeMaverick Or Spartan ^^
But your site already exists where they discuss conspiracy theories, doubtful facts and UFO:s. It's fun to read once in a while.
On question we still need here, is this one:
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Q: What is the best comment in source code you have ever encountered?

Thomas BrattWhat is the best comment in source code you have ever encountered?

comments
Watch the review history of that question and see the battle among mods ^^
 
Code Maverick
Code Maverick
6:03 PM
Yes, I've seen that post before. LoL. I'll tell you what, we have some craaaazy ones up here. =D
 
 
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Ben Brocka
Ben Brocka
9:41 PM
Congrats to the new mods
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Q: 2015 Community Moderator Election Results

Jon EricsonUser Experience—Stack Exchange's 2nd moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the 2 new moderators are: They'll be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank them for volunteering, and share your assistance and advice with them as they learn the ropes! ...

discussion featured election
 
Benny Skogberg
Benny Skogberg
10:29 PM
@BenBrocka Thank you! It was scary opening the crude software Open STV and not being able to figure out the result. I'd love to redesign that awful tool ;-)
 
Ben Brocka
Ben Brocka
10:51 PM
@BennySkogberg someone made a nice UI for SE elections results...I forget where it is
@badp in Arqade's chat might know
 

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