I propose that ♦ moderators could have a "no-bump" editing mode privilege, something that they could tick on and off, depending on the substantiality of the edit.
This doesn't really solve the problem for most users though. Perhaps we could have the same privilege achieved after so many edits,...
the idea would be mods, and users of sufficient rep could have a checkbox for "do not bump this up", quite simply. i vaguely recall the psi corps already has that power.
Based on this post and some events this afternoon, me and Gareth were able to chat about this issue to some extent.
The biggest issue was that some of the edits appear to be insubstantial, and useless, from our view. What I did not realize, was that Gareth was re-uploading all the broken images...
i suppose that also makes microedits more viable (though, admittedly, i've been passing those over. some spelling mistakes BOTHER me, but not enough to edit a single letter, when that means bumping it over to the top ;p)
the no bump privilege would be a powerful one though, so only users that I would trust not to abuse the power...like replacing stuff with spam, because bumping promotes accountability
@studiohack indeed, it would have to be handed out carefully. But looking at the list of people, they are all pretty dedicated members, who usually uphold these things. Perhaps it could be put into a list so moderators can check it over.
Going to leave my question unchanged.. been sitting in front of the screen for 10 minutes trying to rephrase it... not going well! but @Studiohack - I replied saying I disagree :( sorry... I just think everyone should get that ability :/
@studiohack hehe... I really like my suggestion... but, I don't really feel strongly either way... I like friendly debates rather than everyone getting angry! Feels good to get your points across!
@Studiohack - correct me if I am wrong, but, I don't think we really even disagree! We both think the same... it is a good addition, the only real difference of opinion is when to trust someone and to give them the ability?
and also it's not necessarily obvious - some of the images were truly broken (I was doing all sorts of stuff behind the scenes to find them - caches, digging around), but others aren't broken TODAY
but could be in the future... 6 month expiration, people pulling them etc
heading back to Beijing this weekend. 1 thing I am going to miss from the USA: breakfast! it's awesome. 1 thing I am not going to miss: the general cost of things out here
While looking through the Questions today, an odd answer was spotted, that wasn't even an answer. Taking a look at the users profile, we found it to be a little suspicious, and then realized the website this user had listed on their profile actually led to a trojan. The said user was Website Guru...
ok that's cool. to be honest, I normally use the 'comment' bit in flagging for spam as opposed to the spam option anyway. sometimes it's not so obvious why it's spam without adding some details
I also had the weirdest PC problem yesterday. Client called me, computer wouldn't turn on. So I opened the case, checked PSU, checked cables, everything okay, turns out the power switch had fallen into the case, somewhere behind the hard drive. That's what happens when you push it too hard!
@slhck: eh, i've seen that happen before, and those switches are pretty easy to remove. I'd be tempted to epoxy it in place if it happens to a 'proper' system ...
I need to take away the annoying watermark at the center of this image:
Does anyone know how would I would go about doing it? (I do have Photoshop if it's required, though I hardly use it.)
@slhck "fair use" doesn't permit removing a watermark (that's put there to stop you using the image without buying the license to) so you can then use the image for whatever you like thou, do is?
Don't rename duplicate questions to have the exact same title @TomWijsman since the reason they're around is for variant keywords. Suggest a merge if you find a need.
Might be interesting to download the data dump at a later point and write a program to do some kind of cross-matching on the titles to get out the really exact duplicates.
On the other hand, that would also result in the kind of title where the exact problem hasn't been specified properly; so it's a win-win situation if it works...
@random Why did you migrate the ringtone question? afaik we didn't have a single one on SU, it was on-topic, and Apple.SE has a rather popular one anyway
Isn't GPU memory primarily consumed by textures, models, etc? They tend to be loaded at the start of a level (or whatever) then stay pretty static. Lots of activity is more likely to bog down the CPU, isn't it?
@Sathya: We had three discussions already with kind of an agreement, perhaps Robert could present us with an actual merge proposal and vote or just make it happen.
Robert also sure knows what it takes for communities to be merged given his blog post about about the merging season, so I belief just sending him a warning will do good for the Personal Productivity community.
Super User's 2nd birthday is coming up in about a week, on August 18th (next Thursday). It has been discussed among community coordinators and other moderators, and we'd like to do something similar to last year's Super User Contest. We'd appreciate your input on what we can do to make another aw...
I propose that ♦ moderators could have a "no-bump" editing mode privilege, something that they could tick on and off, depending on the substantiality of the edit.
This doesn't really solve the problem for most users though. Perhaps we could have the same privilege achieved after so many edits,...
I need to take away the annoying watermark at the center of this image:
Does anyone know how would I would go about doing it? (I do have Photoshop if it's required, though I hardly use it.)
