@GayotFow I am TOTALLY lost! Link is to unhygienic knickers (men’s), comment is to Orange is the New Black (I’ve only seen a clip of it), then “great law” (which, red traffic lights?) and yet still Lorna might fit in???
I only saw the dentistry bit and when her partner first arrives (in the van). Now the penny has dropped - just in time to avoid Gayot's famous 2nd law.
You should be able to see who is in the room in the side bar - ie you, JoEr, Karlson and I (not necessarily all paying attention however). If you want a mod seems the way to do it may be to ping them.
Of course I believe in Gayot's First Law - has it not been rigorously tested scientifically and found to apply in absolutely all cases AND guaranteed to fail for Jon Skeet? I have it from reliable sources even people who don't think there is life on Philae would be shaken to the core at the mere suggestion Gayot's First Law might be questioned.
I'd guess not 31513 as we don't know that user's gender. Agree about the procedure but suspect it was not that - Gayot was asking for "mods or higher up" and seemed to be in a hurry, so I'd guess whatever it was was not routine.
@GayotFow Being serious, 'rep attracts rep' is true for SO but I think not due to anything particularly sinister. To begin with a low rep user might not realise you have to be FGITW - or toast. Build up a little rep and you have more experience of site workings – what ‘style’ is/not appreciated, the level of detail to pitch, how to navigate SO quickly to fill any gaps in your answer.
Users who have a template ready to answer standard questions are always going to be hard to beat for speed. THEN a more dubious aspect may kick in. You have significant rep and having been active for a while and known to the others who are active. They get to trust you enough that if they see something of yours they like they’ll +1 without bothering to test your answer.
Other As may be as good or better but, untested, who’s to know? And other than from the OP (who may not even have voting rights) most votes come from fellow active users. Those looking to answer may be the only ones to read your answer.
on the other side of it is an argument that look at what people are doing and follow suit or look through help
instead of clicking in the answer tab to post the anser.
I do understand that most people are used to forum like format where next post should be related to the previous one but I would always read first and ask after
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We see a lot of occasions where a new user posts an answer when in fact they should be asking a question; for example here or here.
Given that:
we want to make life as comfortable as possible for new users (the life-blood)
we may have a different audience, especially on SuperUser
How about t...
@MarkMayo don't over think it, any gift will do. Bring something from wherever you are coming. I do know someone who goes there I will ask and let you know if you really want to know about gifts in there
@Dirty-flow yes there are. I try to clean them now
@GayotFow saw your ping, I'm just reading the messages now to see whats the problem
and @MarkMayo I'm also going to check the IP, thanks!
@GayotFow Yes that's really a problem. Therefore, I only delete questions when I or others have posted a link to the help section where it is explained how to ask a question here on SO.
A turn into question button would also be helpful sometimes, on the other hand one could also expect that a new user shows a very minimal effort and copies his answer into a new question
wow, there are so many answers from new users that are not directly spam but low quality. i wonder where they came from
Subscriber represents, warrants and agrees that it will not contribute any Subscriber Content that (a) infringes, violates or otherwise interferes with any copyright or trademark of another party
@Willeke Under 3. Subscriber Content.
In other words: you must check for copyright infringement, and you will be liable for it.
@RoflcoptrException @Dirty-flow @JoErNanO I have been trying to get 1 million people reached. I have been sharing stuff into my twitter feed, where there are 12k followers, most of whom come from when I was in practice. There are a lot of sub continent subscribers (for obvious reasons). There may be a connection. If so, it's likely they are sincere people who would make great contributors. I do not know absolutely if there is a connection or not.
It's also inevitable that some would see a spam opportunity
@Karlson It's a small town that overlaps the border and has a very small-town persona. I got there on one of my silly projects to hitchhike every single mile of I-95. I-95 ends in the middle of Maine, but I continued on to Madawaska because I met a girl from there and hitchhiked together from Mexico to LA.
So she was a casual gf and she had a twin sister. I stayed with her in Madawaska for several weeks, then started another project in Canada to hitch the trans canada. We exchanged one or two letters, but I never saw her again. That's the story :)
Her mother was an alcoholic and she was embarrassed about it when I first got there
And the border controls there are absolutely laughable
@GayotFow You shouldn't stop sharing just because you think there's a correlation with noob attraction.Rather we should start patrolling the site in a more efficient manner.
@GayotFow I'm having a hard time seeing the goodness of will in today's wave of first-timers. That Kurdistan question has been on the site for months and it's suddenly getting three one-liner answers.
For a stay exceeding 15 days in Kurdistan even nationals of some visa free countries need residency permission. The short-term requirements are mentioned by the Kurdistan Regional Government and include:
Evidence that the applicant has undertaken a blood test according to the procedures of th...
@GayotFow I think all part of the build up to something like the canadianvisa expert issue again. Note at least three of those answers have been deleted for plagiarism. @JErNanO.
No. Build up of enough rep to later be able to answer (and appear 'credible') when just answering to plug something. The signs for canadianvisaexpert was that accounts were set up for that 3 weeks before the 'hit'.
Could very well be. That's the pattern followed for yesterday's canadianvisa madness.
1. Join the site 2. Gather random rep to obtain some sort of credibility 3. Post spammy answers elsewhere 4. People will have more doubts that you are actually a spammer since you've gathered reputation elsewhere
pimping out anything is BAD, some visa services providers however are EXCELLENT. Putting the two together as pimping out visa services a bit confusing.
@pnuts If somebody approaches him privately, he will send them back to the forum. He's very prominent in the legal community and so righteous it is incredible
@pnuts scroll up to see the convo between @Karlson and I. We are leaking questions. And it turns out the main META has already a really good thread about it
Indeed -- this should be possible, since owners can see their own deleted answers.
Revisions to deleted answers are now visible, provided the post has an owner, the post is an answer, and you are the owner.
Yes, I am indeed pedantic. OK is something of my nature but I don't try to reign it in on SE - we are here to learn and it is the corner cases that are interesting. Also I feel those who answer more worthy of 'help' than most of those who ask, so frequently pick on minor errors in the As of others. To be fair, such nit picking has been surprisingly well received.
I'd like that (so NOT like Gayot's Law - actually Gayot's First Law) so may not be eligible. "pnuts the corrector" at least may warn others that it is 'nothing personal'.