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04:05
Anyone here?
04:30
@Moshe apparantly not.
04:53
@Daniel Here now?
05:03
Hi @Moshe
How are you?
05:28
@Daniel good
 
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15:16
@bmike Thanks for your explanation to the OP on apple.stackexchange.com/questions/38234/…
15:33
@Daniel Your edit was pure gold.
it's easy to simply cast a close vote and/or flag
you saw there was a valuable nugget and did a great job shaping it.
You left enough of the rant to not totally offend the OP (hopefully)
I always prefer to take it half way on the first edit and hope someone else finishes it up - then it feels more like collaboration and not simply a radical re-write by one party
serious thumbs up to you for catching and saving that Q
16:29
Sigh
One frustrating thing: Bad user votes :/. Just because it sounds right, doesn't mean it is.
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17:27
@JasonSalaz Yup - lots of things where a few votes are swinging things - hopefully in time balance arrives in the form of more voting...
 
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18:42
I just went on an editing spree changing titles
So, sorry about all the question that floated to the top
14 of them...
You counted?
Yeah, I was working on changing title from "How to.....?" to "How do/can I....?"
so, it's official
Philip Regan has stepped down as a moderator
Oh!
Yeah, I haven't seen him at all really...
yeah, he was much less active recently
but he was a great mod, always dealt with flags in a timely manner
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18:48
He was active when I first joined, but I didn't see him much after that
well, he was still active for a few months after you joined
Yeah.
So is it okay to be changing titles from "How to.....?" to "How do/can I....?"
yeah, that's great
How to.... isn't a real question, IMO
I just wanted to be sure it was okay to do that. I won't do it too often, maybe every couple of days.
18:51
during the week, not on the weekends
/me waits *im*patiently for elections to begin.
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@JasonSalaz When do they begin?
you really want a diamond, don't you?
I think both Jason and bmike should be mods
@daviesgeek nothing's been announced, IIRC they're supposed to be held yearlyish
18:52
Ok..
@daviesgeek bmike would be a great mod
Hmmm, why did the /about link disappear from the header?
It hasn't for me.
I wonder if it disappears for high-rep users?
I know it's gone for mods
I have just as much stuff up there as you do
I wonder what the cut off is. probably 4 or 5K
hm, that is odd
yeah
obviously not 3
18:54
it is odd
@JasonSalaz ha!
:-)
I can't really put this into words adequately right now, my brain is REALLY fuzzy today, but:
I think some users are better as users, and thanks to the SE engine, they can still reap benefits.
bmike is one of them. He is a content expert, hands down. And I'd rather see him focus on that, then on mod duties. Considering that mods aren't supposed to take action on content, I'd rather he continue to do that, as a user.
you mean like Jon Skeet?
That's true Jason....
It's a great aspect of SE that users can get recognized and privileges as he has (and really, he's less than 100 points from being the first AD trusted user... which means, everything?)
18:58
@JasonSalaz I think the only thing 20k people can do is edit tag wikis
without review?
yes
actually, according to the /faq, they also "Vote to delete negatively voted answers and stronger question deletion votes
"
Trusted users are allowed to perform trusted actions, including:

Voting to delete answers with score of -1 or lower
Voting to delete questions immediately after they are closed (even if they are new)
Editing all tag wikis on the site
19:01
Pretty awesome!
He already has access to mod flags and what not, doesn't he? Or are flags really diamond-only?
that's a good question, I'm not sure
Hey Kyle, can we establish a set of rules for community wiki questions?
For instance, questions such as apple.stackexchange.com/questions/82/… have rules for posting
Can we establish an official set of rules?
it's something worth talking about
I probably should post on meta huh?
19:03
in addition to posting disclaimers that unless your CW is really awesome, it's probably going to be closed
Yes, that should be a good thing to post
Nathan and I have also been talking about locking some of the old CWs that are no longer active
such as?
we're still working on that
19:05
(P.S. @bmike If you're gunning for a ♦, feel free to tell me to shut up ;). Despite everything I've said, if you put in a nomination for yourself, I would vote for you in a heartbeat.)
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Me too!
It's a shame entities don't render in chat.
I guess I just have to do this: ♦
I wish they would!
that works too
Alrighty
How's this:
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Q: Can we establish official rules for community wiki questions?

daviesgeekI have noticed that the majority of large community wiki questions have rules for posting. However, they aren't standard rules. Can we establish some official rules for community wiki questions? My set of rules would be something like this: Check to see if there are duplicates in this post by ...

it's a start
provides a framework for discussing it
Yeah. I do want some responses. Feel free to add/edit the rules
19:20
maybe move the proposed rules into their own answer and make it CW
19:57
If @JasonSalaz and @bmike both want to run, and there are two spots, they're clearly the most qualified. But if there are three spots open or they aren't both running, I'd be quite interested in tossing my hat in the ring. Jason's been paying his dues for a long time, and contributing so much to the podcast, and bmike is, well, bmike.
I'm saying I'd vote for Jason or Mike ahead of myself, and encourage others to do so also, but I'd love the job, and think I could do it well.
and yes, @JasonSalaz, I share your impatience.
My about link is also gone from the top bar (but still in the footer)
20:17
and you're over 5K
Need to ask gentmatt. Whom I can't @ for some reason :/.
20:53
@JasonSalaz Podcast is on for tonight, right? Do we have an agenda?
Tonight indeed. And ummm, good question :).
The hot topic, obviously. I assume we'll pick up some other odds and ends that we've had listed for a while.
21:46
10K rep lets one handle most flags
My @s are all off, but I'm using IE8 at work, so...
blame IE!
indeed, so the difference is things called out explicitly for needing ♦ assistance. I think that still validates most of my feelings.
22:10
A 20K user has almost all the rights but not the obligations of a ♦. I think that's about right. If bmike wanted to be bmike♦, I'd be wholly supportive, but unless that's what he's looking for, I wouldn't push for it, given that he's already our superstar, and a lot of the ♦ job is almost janitorial.
 
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23:12
@Daniel That's very true....
Boy, I love using the search parameters on AD!!!

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