On March 23, 2017 an unregistered user made the following comment:
I'm not quite sure what you're actual suggestion is here. What should we do when someone posts an answer in a comment and then they don't come back and write an answer? – thesecretmaster♦
Actually there is less incentive to vote, I think. Though I know the reason for it.
If we are talking about closing unclear questions, consider this one: cseducators.stackexchange.com/q/4549/1293. I hesitate to vote to close since mine is the only viable answer.
I'm torn by that question. There's an example which appears to contain a mistake, but the intention seems obvious so that could be corrected leaving a reasonable question, mixed with some tangential commentary, ending with a rather broad question on how to "make things stick" (which I would suggest is unanswerable)
@Aurora0001 I don't think your last comment is valid. We do know how to do that and my answer tries to get at it. But I can't promise you that the OP of the question actually made a mistake here. The poor coding might have been the actual intent in asking the question. But I worry about whether this question is trolling us. An attempt to see whether we "experts" would catch it.
I took me two tries and a hint from @ctrl-alt-delor to see the "bug". And I'm pretty good at this.
The apparent self answer also seems to be a troll.
@Buffy I think your answer is good, but fundamentally, "How to make the very basics of programming thought stick?" begins to fall on the excessively broad. That said, I see your point that the ambiguity is an issue and have voted accordingly
Perhaps also consider voting to delete that answer (???) because it seems way off the mark
@Aurora0001 Agree that it is too broad stated that way. But for most refinements, the answer is the same. Repetition, practice, reinforcement. Beginning teachers too seldom understand that.
Ok. I voted, but still feel a bit sad about having to.
@Buffy Once deleted, it doesn't show up unless you have the link to the question (and you have the privilege to view it). While it's closed, it still shows up on the new questions list, etc etc
I wonder if it would be useful for the help center to say something about cookies. If unregistered users are assigned "credentials" based on a cookie then someone who refuses or frequently deletes cookies will appear as a new user on each visit.
That may not be a problem in general, but it should be known to new users and might induce some to actually register.
I think most Internet users that would end up here with questions and answers understand cookies well enough to know that their content is being lost without cookies. If not, the first time they try to edit their post, or comment back to others, they will find out that it's not working.
I have to presume that the current user knows what they are doing, and made the choice knowingly.
We had discussed this before, but deferred until there was a problem - it seems we now have a problem :)
The new rules (also apply to undelete votes):
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On March 23, 2017 an unregistered user made the following comment:
I'm not quite sure what you're actual suggestion is here. What should we do when someone posts an answer in a comment and then they don't come back and write an answer? – thesecretmaster♦
We had discussed this before, but deferred until there was a problem - it seems we now have a problem :)
The new rules (also apply to undelete votes):
10k rep users get 5 deletion votes per day on questions they don't own - deletion rules on questions one does own are still in effect.
Popular ...
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