Conversation started Nov 16, 2011 at 2:52.
Nov 16, 2011 02:52
@J.M. Would a nearly-constant stream of 2 edits (say) on the main page count as flooding?
@JM Sade Adu. Cheap pun, I know, but I couldn't resist. (She's back)
@tb so who is that?
Ah
@t.b. Oh! Yes, I'm slow... :D
@Srivatsan Kinda depends on the question influx rate, I would say...
Nov 16, 2011 02:55
@JM do elaborate. It would be flooding if the influx rate is «high/low»?
In other news, the recent activity in this question of mine was a bit of a surprise... probably because of Noam's answer.
@Srivatsan I mean, if it were a slow day, the constant stream would have the front page filled with bumps...
@JM No, I usually don't edit it unless the old thread disappears from the main page.
So, if I can ensure that there's always at most (say) 2 old threads in the main page [bumped by me], would I be ok?
I think we're having a bit too many edits at the moment. Martin has this Sisyphean thing with the algebra tag going and misspellings of names are just too common.
At least on an "avalanche" day, there's still more new questions than bumps.
Yeah, I'm with t.b. On the other hand, I don't know what the optimal(-looking) pace is...
@tb That was my feeling too [re misspelling names]. I even edited some posts, but at the end chose to push the cancel button because I was unsure of bumping it up.
Nov 16, 2011 03:00
@tb I discussed this with Willie Wong and he agreed that retagging about 10 post once a week should be ok: meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/1363/…
They must make one day in 3 months an "edit day", where we could edit all we like. =)
So I'm done for today - sory for the incovenience.
@Srivatsan Sounds like a good meta thread to start...
@JM Wow, is that reasonable? [I was just wishful thinking. =)]
I've seen nuttier proposals...
Nov 16, 2011 03:04
@MartinSleziak I'm not complaining about that at all. Sure, it's great if you get rid of that tag and clean up the mess and I think it's more important than misspelled names/words. My point's more that this will create a constant stream of edits already and I was trying to tell Srivatsan that he would create another huge pile of edits in addition.
I can keep away from those typos. // If there's some more-constructive edits I can do on the side, do tell me. I can pitch in.
Or... maybe at a quieter time.
 
Conversation ended Nov 16, 2011 at 3:06.