The Factory Floor

cflat

8:48 AM

worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/14677/9075 why is this happeneing

ArtOfCode

@cflat that question belongs on Worldbuilding Meta, not on the main site

cflat

9:06 AM

@TimB I already came here to chat

Tim B

so I see

cflat

@TimB how am I meant to get involved when everyone keeps deleting everything I do

Tim B

Ok, please stop being rude first - I can see how it's frustrating but being rude to people doesn't help

cflat

@TimB How am I being rude

Tim B

ArtOfCode has tried to explain to you a couple of times and you've been rude to him both times

Stack Exchange isn't a discussion forum, it's a Q&A site. People are more than welcome to discuss things here in chat and to a certain extent in meta

cflat

9:13 AM

He was being rude to me too, this is just picking on the low-rep guy now

Tim B

I've moved your latest question to meta, but fundamentally you need to look at the introductionary stuff that shows how the site works

afk for a bit - back later

ArtOfCode

@cflat If I came across as rude I apologise. It wasn't the intention; I was just trying to explain how StackExchange works. I was rushing when I noticed your post, so it would have been easy to be rude without noticing. My apologies.

cflat

Well well, there's something I wasn't expecting - an apology from a high-rep user.

Thank you @ArtOfCode.

I also apologise for reacting so harshly.

Worldbuilding Meta

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Q: why does the software here keep deleting my comments

whenever I post a comment it gets deleted within a minute what is happening, why do all my comments get deleted?

discussion

Tim B

9:57 AM

@cflat It's not some sort of high rep conspiracy. Basically there's a way the site works that might take some getting used to. If you don't go with that though then you can expect close votes/deletions/etc just because you aren't using the site how it's supposed to be used.

for example comments in answers

cflat

10:50 AM

@TimB I get it. Sorry for my reaction.

ArtOfCode

@cflat, thank you as well. Disagreements happen, we're trying to keep the site running by a mixture of policies and it's easy to do something wrong.

Tim B

11:05 AM

:)

Worldbuilding Meta

12:28 PM

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Q: Series of questions

Many people on the worldbuilding website ask series of related questions when building a setting, either because they divide the work into manageable chunks or because they want to follow up on a previous question. What would be the appropriate way to aggregate links to a series of related quest...

discussion

ArtOfCode

2:46 PM

Let's revisit the blog idea.

Who would actually be interested in contributing to a blog?

ArtOfCode

3:03 PM

I'd be happy both to contribute and set it up

Is this worth a meta post?

HDE 226868

3:15 PM

@ArtOfCode I think it's worth a meta post.

Aw, doesn't work here.

ArtOfCode

Michael Kjorling, Monica Cellio, TimB if you didn't know ;)

HDE 226868

@MonicaCellio @MichaelKjörling @TimB I may have just been serially upvoted.

@ArtOfCode It's a chat feature that sometimes works.

I should ask for that as a feature request on Meta.

ArtOfCode

oooohh something interesting happened. Do tell.

Yeah that'd be neat

@HDE226868 How much did you get?

HDE 226868

60 rep. I had 5 legit from earlier on, so 65 on the day.

ArtOfCode

All at once? Fair enough. Sounds pretty serial

All on different posts?

HDE 226868

3:17 PM

Yep.

ArtOfCode

Investigation time :D

I have never seen a single instance of serial voting

HDE 226868

The thing is, I like those posts. They're some of my best ones.

Ah well, they'll be reversed soon.

First time this has happened to me.

ArtOfCode

What's the threshold for the system to start reversing votes?

Or is StackExchange keeping that secret?

HDE 226868

I don't know.

ArtOfCode

Ah well. Anyway, I've got a meta post to start writing...

HDE 226868

3:24 PM

@ArtOfCode Enjoy. I'll check on it.

I just realized that the serial voter went for some of my top-voted posts. I guess he's too lazy. :-)

Worldbuilding Meta

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Q: Revisiting the Blog

A while ago, the community discussed starting a blog. Good ideas were raised and an initial scope was formed. However, the discussion stagnated after the realisation that in-house SE blogs are on hold. StackExchange hasn't been quick about re-opening blog creation. However, as many people noted ...

discussion blog

ArtOfCode

5:32 PM

What do we name it?

HDE 226868

6:02 PM

We're not too creative with names. I mean, our chatroom is simply "Worldbuilders' General Chat"!

ArtOfCode

Well, it would be White Mice Lounge but nobody's changed it to that...

HDE 226868

6:17 PM

room topic changed to The White Mice Lounge: Main chat room for worldbuilding.stackexchange.com [balloon-whales] [bewildered-gods] [reasoned-discussion]

@ArtOfCode There we go. I'll undo it soon.

In theory, I should not have done that.

room topic changed to Worldbuilders' General Chat: Main chat room for worldbuilding.stackexchange.com [balloon-whales] [bewildered-gods] [reasoned-discussion]

. . . . aaaand it's back.

ArtOfCode

7:25 PM

@HDE226868 Interesting. You can do that? You're not room owner nor mod... how does this work?

HDE 226868

8:02 PM

@ArtOfCode I'm a mod on HSM; mod chat abilities are network-wide.

ArtOfCode

@HDE226868 Aaaahhhh. Makes sense now

HDE 226868

The downside is that when someone flags something in a chat room anywhere in the network all the mods get pinged.

It's quite amusing, actually.

You sometimes have 5 people respond to the same flag at once.

ArtOfCode

Ah. Yeah I can see that being barrels of fun.

HDE 226868

By the way, I realized that I simply don't know enough (and can't do enough research) to answer your city-design questions. I see you got some really good answers, though.

ArtOfCode

@HDE226868 I asked them just because the topic challenge was up... I was expecting a couple of basic comparisons, not 2-3k views and about 20 answers...

HDE 226868

8:12 PM

That's what it's like to ask a really popular question (or two).

ArtOfCode

I didn't even think they were that good...

Someone (or lots of someones) did.

I'm on a roll. 2 days, 400 rep.

HDE 226868

Niiiice.

ArtOfCode

If this continues I should get the protection privilege tomorrow

@HDE226868 So what is it like being a mod? How different is it?

I've always wondered how much more the SE platform hides from regular users...

HDE 226868

I'm probably not the best one to ask; HSM isn't too busy.

It's not bad.

One of my biggest jobs is handling migrations, though we're kind of unique in that we get a bunch.

ArtOfCode

In terms of the extra capabilities you get is what I meant; obviously flags and binding votes are part and parcel. But what new toys are there?

HDE 226868

8:18 PM

Deleting comments, seeing analytics. There's a mod chat room for each site, and a network-wide mod room, which is helpful for discussing cross-site issues and migrations, and contacting CMs. Shog9 is often there.

ArtOfCode

Why does that not surprise me? Shog seems to be everywhere at all times...

How much can you tell me about the analytics? Is what kind of data you get given revealable?

HDE 226868

I have actually no idea what I can and can't say. It's not incredibly interesting, though. Well, it was for five minutes. On HSM, they aren't of much use. The data queries you're made up are probably just as useful. I don't know how useful the analytics are on Worldbuilding, in comparison to Data Explorer.

You could see them soon, if SE picks one of the answers here and you reach 6k:

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Q: Help us identify micro-privileges for top users

Are you familiar with tapas? These are little appetizers invented in Spain that people enjoy while talking and drinking in the cool of the evening. What makes them so great is that you get a wide variety of tastes without getting fed up. Not long ago, I asked for suggestions of a new 30k...

feature-request privileges

ArtOfCode

Hmmm. Sounds like a good one someone's got onto there

6k? At 200 per day? (I wish) That's... let's see... 13 days.

HDE 226868

It's doable.

ArtOfCode

I was thinking of some feature request for Meta earlier but I've forgotten it now.

The data queries went down well by the way

It's doable but it does mean failing exams this year...

HDE 226868

8:29 PM

College?

ArtOfCode

Yep. Only 1 year ahead of you, I think.

HDE 226868

2+. I'm finishing up my junior year of high school.

ArtOfCode

Not a clue what that means :D

HDE 226868

I have one more year to go, then college.

ArtOfCode

I'm year 12. I'm 1 year older than you in real terms I believe so that makes you y11 or minimum y10 depending when your birthday is

HDE 226868

8:31 PM

Year 11, I think. Not sure.

ArtOfCode

What exams (or equivalents) are you up for this year?

GCSEs here if you're year 11; none if y10.

HDE 226868

I already took the SAT and did really well. I have four SAT subject tests (different from the SAT) and 2 or 3 AP exams.

Junior year's tough, especially with the courses I'm taking.

ArtOfCode

Yeah... still no idea. Ack, system differences. To google.

So what grade are you in? (I'm just assuming this is America based off what I remember of the last time I saw your profile...)

HDE 226868

11.

ArtOfCode

Ah. So according to wikipedia, junior of senior high.

HDE 226868

8:34 PM

Yep.

ArtOfCode

That is, indeed, year 11 equivalent.

Jeez that took a while

So GCSE equivalent; what courses are you on?

HDE 226868

APs for Calculus II, Physics C Mechanics, and Chemistry.

US History II, English III.

Fitness, Spanish III.

A tech/engineering course.

I'm forgetting something else.

ArtOfCode

...sounds like fun? Does "English" have the same meaning to your system - study of the English language/literature?

HDE 226868

It does indeed.

ArtOfCode

You're basically doing my AS levels with a few extras...

HDE 226868

8:37 PM

Next year I'm taking a dedicated literature course on British books.

ArtOfCode

Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Spanish

I got out of English and literature as quickly as I could...

HDE 226868

Huh.

ArtOfCode

These system differences get tedious after a while...

Wikipedia served up this abomination for an explanation of the US system.

HDE 226868

The one for the UK doesn't even have that:

Education in the United Kingdom

Education in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter with each of the countries of the United Kingdom having separate systems under separate governments: the UK Government is responsible for England; the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive are responsible for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, respectively. == Stages == In each country there are five stages of education: early years, primary, secondary, further education (FE) and higher education (HE). The law states that full time education is compulsory for all children between the ages of 5 (...

ArtOfCode

Hmm, lovely

I've worked it out though: your grades are the same as our years

11th grade = year 11

HDE 226868

8:40 PM

Good.

ArtOfCode

At least that bit's simple...

Heh. Apparently we can't find our chat messages; we post 404 every week.

HDE 226868

Where'd you see that?

ArtOfCode

Room info‌.

HDE 226868

Haha.

ArtOfCode

There's not much left for me to do here today, I've already exhausted the rep cap.

Reviewing it is... oh wait, we have very little of that.

Apparently there are 3 review items but it won't let me take any of them :(

HDE 226868

8:46 PM

It's that thing again. We have a question about that on Worldbuilding Meta. Short answer: It's the number of reviews needed from everyone.

ArtOfCode

Yeah, that and caching. The number sitting there just annoys me...

Ah well. Got some good answers stored up for tomorrow instead :)

@HDE226868 Has that serial vote been undone?

HDE 226868

@ArtOfCode No, not yet.

HDE 226868

9:37 PM

I'm just popping in again to draw everyone's attention to this question. I'd love to see some new ideas.

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Q: Where in the solar system is the most viable place to put my colonists, after Mars and Luna?

Mars and Earth's moon already feature in a lot of fiction about space colonization. After these two planets, and assuming that other solar systems are too far away, what is the best place within this solar system to colonize?

space solar-system colonization

ArtOfCode

It does have some pretty good answers already... but the prospect of possibly making 300 rep in a day might draw me in ;)

@MonicaCellio / @MichaelKjörling / @TimB can we get this featured for a while? I feel like it's a pretty big thing affecting the community so I'd like people to know about it instead of springing "hey, we have a blog now" on them.

Tim B

10:37 PM

@ArtOfCode The problem is we're unlikely to be able to have an official blog, even on an off site server, which makes official support (even to the point of featuring posts etc) tricky. We'd have to find out the position from the powers that be before we do anything on it.

ArtOfCode

10:57 PM

@TimB I appreciate that. However, the SE team does seem fairly receptive to things that pop up; if we were to talk to our CM about it then I hold fair hopes they'd at least be happy for us to feature some stuff.

Sure, official support/recognition is a different kettle of fish and I'm not even going to try that discussion: I'm fairly sure the answer is no.

But as a blog run by the community, of interest to the community, I see little reason why we shouldn't be allowed to show it off a bit around here.

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