In Luke 19:1-10 we read the story of Zacchaeus which ends like so:
And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold."
And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to thi...
I'll add a comment/link - your question might help the OP
Hi Jake, my edit would have turned your question into a duplicate of this so it was ill-advised anyway. You might find that question and the answers there useful? — Jack Douglas ♦32 secs ago
@JackDouglas Yeah, occasionally my mind gets stuck on a problem all night and it's just exhausting because it's trying to problem solve something that it's not going to figure out a 3am.
And even if it does, it still takes getting in front of the computer to implement it before my brain can move on
@JackDouglas "Code smell"? Should that one go into the glossary?!
@JackDouglas I take that VtC's are only availabe for questions, though - is that right? Othwerwise, for answers, it's a VtD (and scanning some Q&A's, I see that sometimes I get a link for "delete" below a question, sometimes not).
@Daи And if memory serves (it might not) I think most of my flags yesterday were answers rather than questions.
@JackDouglas And sometimes I'm reluctant to DV, but willing to flag, since it's obvious that it's a "first post" from a new arrival (the "harsh welcome" scenario?). Much happier to DV them what should know better. :)
@Davïd there might be some misunderstanding here: what is the purpose of the flag in that case? Normally an accepted VLQ or NAA flag would result in a deleted answer
@JackDouglas The purpose of the flag is to attract and target mod attention (otherwise I concur with @Soldarnal's sense about things operating as much as possible without mod intervention), with appropriate action and guidance.
@JackDouglas If I as a user have the "power" to do that without mod input, then perhaps a step-by-step guide would help; although I think @Daи might have tried to point me in the right direction before.
@JackDouglas Not really sure! The close-and-guide type text.
basically, if you see something that needs nuking, a flag is the right tool for sure
spam, irredeemably poor trash, that sort of thing
when I respond to flags I try and indicate whether I though it was an appropriate use of a flag by marking it 'helpful' or dismissing it to give some feedback
@JackDouglas LOL - I'm not sure I had seen that post. This comment rang true:
@Jas3.1: It's terribly unfair to moderators to ask more of them than you do of yourself. Remember, this is a volunteer position. I've given the same advice to Islam... twice. No matter how amazing the moderator team, a site will implode if the high-reputation users refuse to take ownership of their own site. The single biggest problem on this site is that not enough people are participating by doing things like asking questions and voting to remove low-quality content. — Jon Ericson ♦Dec 7 '13 at 0:02
@JackDouglas I'll try to push the boat out a bit in future - probably next weekend, if the pattern persists! :) Whatever I do, it won't be fatal..... ;)
@Davïd yes that's a good call. Voting is purely subjective so that is totally up to you.
@Davïd I used to never DV a new user, but I changed my policy. You can generally tell if someone is knowledgeable about what they're talking about by reading their posts. Your first post is a prime example, it was obvious you knew what you were talking about. In those cases, I will bend over backwards to help the user learn the ropes. Many new users are 'iffy' in which case I'll usually comment and not DV. But some users' content in my opinion is worthy of a DV.
If they clearly didn't take the time to read the question (many new users respond only to the title without reading the full body of the question, and it shows), that is a careless user and I don't have high hopes. If they treat this like a forum and not a Q&A site and contribute nothing but opinion, they ignored the big site tour links on top, and I'll usually convert it to a comment.
@Daи I thought it was a good call, too -- but I'm not sure my comment(s) conveyed with sufficient clarity either the scale of the "breadth", or how the scope could be better focussed. Hope OP will try again!
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2 Timothy 4:2 (NET)
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In Luke 19:1-10 we read the story of Zacchaeus which ends like so:
And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold."
And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to thi...
Several users have expressed dissatisfaction with 'preaching' on BH.SE:
unfortunately, i feel that i am getting preached at when i write my (science based) questions... i know those questions, when based on the text are welcome on BH and that atheists like me are theoretically welcome - bein...
What is mean Paul when he says «be ready whether it is convenient or not» or «Be ready in season and out of season», according to the translation in 2 Timothy 4:2?
2 Timothy 4:2 (NET)
Preach the message, be ready whether it is convenient or not, reprove, rebuke, exhort with complete patienc...
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