Maybe voting and flagging or other things higher-rep users do has dropped though, but I don't see a significant drop in posts
it was however interesting to see that stackoverflow main has seen a significant decline the last years, which I think can be attributed in part to the addition of more specialized sites like dba.se but still, I expected more growth
(where post type 2 = answer)
So so main is almost at the point where there are more questions asked than answers posted which I found interesting
And I couldn't help but wonder what stackexchange corporate is thinking about that since I'm sure they have noticed that too. Their data scientists drill down much deeper into the data than I did
@TomV There's also the fact that you'll essentially get to a point where you've answered the majority of "normal" questions after hitting critical mass, so it's only natural that there will be drop-off.
@JackDouglas you shouldn't thank us. We should thank you.
You were a great mod and probably still a great guy. I'm not sure where this will all end and what I will do but this has been a great place and you were a big part in making it so
Are people serious about having somewhere to chat where we can self-moderate? I see the subject has come up a couple of times but I can't tell if it's just in fun.
@PeterVandivier I'm still waiting for clarity on the issues that caused all this. SE are moving, but slowly. Once the facts are in, I'll make a decision. I can't in good conscience work for free for SE in the meantime.
@JackDouglas Somewhere around half-serious. It depends how all this turns out. I think there is some solidarity in the other room that will largely leave or stay as a block.
@PeterVandivier Neither do I. I haven't pressed him on it, because it's his business.
@PaulWhite I have something up my sleeve for Heapers (and/or merry-go-round'ers) who might be interested. ETA halloween. Maybe it won't be necessary in the end, but if it is…
This site already won't be the same with Jack leaving. You out too @PaulWhite surely would make a lot of us reconsider or at least see where this takes our personal involvement. I hope my lack of vocabulary doesn't mess this up but what I mean is that if this site doesn't care about quality any more and there is no one around to settle things when they start deviating I can see a lot of folks quitting just because it isn't fun any more
@PaulWhite we have a tendency to aim for higher quality on the site and current mods support that. If we are supposed to answer noob questions for the sake of inclusiveness I'm nut sure I'll enjoy perusing the site as often. Even when not asking or answering I can learn from clicking links on the front page now
Recently I learned "Magic Links" are a thing
Paul White: Magic links now work e.g. [mcve] and [example] and [repro] for the new help page
Jul 10 9:45 PM
This is awesome, but I have a nagging feeling there's more of these that I'm not using and very much could be.
Are there more magic lin...
Below is a query that we are running that takes a while to run. Table 1 has about 400+ million records with 80 columns (this is a db warehouse table). The index being suggested is on the columnx with include all the remaining columns, something that I do not want to do.
select
*
into table...
I suspect the answer is honestly "what does your data format look like" and "is it possible to build a 'lookup table' to find the index that you actually want"
Help Center pages are by default the same and read-only network-wide. Some can be customized per-site by staff. A very few have been enabled for mod editing. I am not aware of any pattern.
But I really don't know why you're asking these things in chat when on mobile.
It's very hard to follow, and few will benefit from the answers.
I asked on meta and asked you to contribute but you’re on strike right now
You’re perhaps correct I shouldn’t be pressing the issue in chat by mobile but i commute 4 hours a day and SE community plays a big part of making my day better
I get that you want to make a point but be consistent - either contribute and enjoy contribute to g or don’t
@PeterVandivier I'm taking a break from volunteer moderation as I am fully entitled to do. If you want questions about site operation answered, ask on meta. Other users or a moderator may answer you.
I answer in chat as a courtesy. I see that is not always appreciated.
@PeterVandivier Yep fair enough. If you just want to vent about it, chat away. If you want an official answer, or to instigate some sort of process, take it to meta. That's just how things work.
As far as I can tell, the main site is ticking along just fine as things are.
Flags are being handled, and the review queues are under control.
Questions are being asked and answered.
There might not be documentation for the [mcve] magic link in a read-only help page, but I think we can survive that.
If anyone is aware of an actual issue, I'm happy to talk about it so long as people can be minimally respectful.
> There is no reason why we should deny Christians a safe space on this network. In an attempt to extend a compromise, I would be cool with moving all of the questions on oracle to Biblical Hermeneutics and allowing them their long standing tradition of treating all non-Christians (regardless of gender and sex) as subhuman heathens destined for hell. – Evan Carroll Oct 10 at 16:44
@PeterVandivier the thing is...there are lot of users that want to send a message to SE...and the best way for us to do that is to stop giving them work for free
@PaulWhite @PeterVandivier I am VERY reasonably certain that I am positive that this is a globally static page that pertains to every site. Therefore they can't add site-specific MVCE examples.
If there was a way to hardcode that every site had the same route for that, that would be cool, but think of how many sites need an [mvce]
One or more of the following things happened to me on a Stack Exchange site:
My post(s) were wrongly deleted or locked by a moderator
A moderator posted a wrong comment on one of my posts
I was suspended, but did not do anything wrong
I asked a meta question, but the question was closed and/or ...
That's what the vet thinks. We live on a quiet dead-end street, but the back street does have a little bit of one-way traffiic. Her foot was completely luxated, the bones not even broken, so it was either some ridiculous amount to have them fused or some slightly less ridiculous amount to have it amputated.
We actually drove to Baton Rouge to get it done because none of the vet in New Orleans would just give us a ballpark number over the phone.
Recently I learned "Magic Links" are a thing
Paul White: Magic links now work e.g. [mcve] and [example] and [repro] for the new help page
Jul 10 9:45 PM
This is awesome, but I have a nagging feeling there's more of these that I'm not using and very much could be.
Are there more magic lin...
Below is a query that we are running that takes a while to run. Table 1 has about 400+ million records with 80 columns (this is a db warehouse table). The index being suggested is on the columnx with include all the remaining columns, something that I do not want to do.
select
*
into table...
