I booked a tatkal ticket today from IRCTC and got CKWL 2.
I wanted to change the boarding point of the journey, so I tried to change boarding point option on the IRCTC website.Unfortunately, I was unable to do so because on clicking the button, nothing happened. Can someone please tell me what th...
What you call an encyclopaedic question is referred to as a canonical question in SE jargon. Many, if not most, SE sites use, accept, and rely upon these to close duplicates of commonly asked questions. Canonical questions are usually specific to a problem that is generic enough to have a high li...
I think a lot of questions should just stay open. I don't think it does any harm. However, I would like to see simpler QAs that can be pointed at, or closed as dupes to, if the question is sufficiently similar
so someone could create a community QA "How does US gas pump zip code verification work?" A: one answer
I think some answers just end up getting horribly complex and as someone says you end up pointing someone at RTFM effectively
I'd rather it were a separate QA. Once you point someone at anothe question with 18 answers and 12k words of text, you might as well poitn them at google
@Berwyn Sometimes RTFM is IMHO a perfectly valuable answer. Especially when the manuals are informative and well written. If the question is "Is there a way to find out if ...." then RTFM works: here is how you find out - read.
A few weeks ago I had intended to take a bus with Terravision bus in Italy, however they informed me the day before the trip that due to technical problems there was no service on that line on the day I was traveling.
To get to my destination I therefore took alternate means and I have written ...
Because they're just too complicated to understand. Like I've mentioned before, I think some of the xMB explanations of transit visa requirements could be answered with a simple timatic answer that works with almost anything
Thing is, aside from language-specific sites, SE is an English community We have to assume that English is the common language and that everyone understands it. Failing that, a well-written post can be translated with online services so as to be understood by non-native speakers.
@mts It is because the OP suggests answering a possible duplicate before closing it. Rather I advocate editing the canonical. Especially in easy cases like this one.
"Timetables published on www.terravision.eu are approximate. The company reserves the right to change them, informing users of the reasons for change as well as any alternative schedules.
Terravision may also suspend or cancel trips, providing passengers with due notice. In this case, the company may decide to add a new trip to replace the suspended one or extend the passenger’s ticket validity. Terravision is not liable for losses, damages or costs incurred by passengers due to service delays or cancellations. "
I could argue about due notice maybe, one day only
Consequential costs are usually disallowed though. Such as having to spend an extra night in a hotel or whatever. But finding a replacement for the transport is not consequential
I've seen you had a long discussion in comments which were subsequently deleted. I also did not look at what had been said in chat those days. Maybe you want to post an answer?
I'm in principle pro-canonicals but in that case I feel like the canonical should adress the new Q before closing
There is an arbitration/conciliation agency for public transport Italy. It is called the Autorità Regolazione Trasporti (ART). They are the ones who ensure that your rights as a passengers are guaranteed. Your rights a passenger on a bus are defined in the EU regulation n. 181/2011, which was con...
@JoErNanO why don't you do the good deed and post that five-item list from your meta answer to the canonical as an answer (CW if you wish) to be able to finish off this discussion?
That will save us all energy and you can get rep since you need some ;)
"can move the answer to the old question (e.g. we can have a Community Wiki answer in the old question for such things), and only then vote to dupe-close the new question."
Also I see now that in my answer on that topic I have endorsed that while I meant what was in my comment, which does in fact not completely overlap with the OPs proposal
Now that I know your concerns I very much like to agree with them. But I continue to not understand why you do not post that as an answer in the thread that is intended for discussion.
Please post an answer there. You will likely get my +1 and not only that. But with deleted comments I am afraid I can not help and you give way to their side you disagree with.
Let me edit my answer on meta and then I need to get back to work :)
I can only agree with the opinion of @EugeneO and the discussion he is starting here is very valuable!
I have made the same point as a comment to the question that got subsequently ignored/contradicted by close voters:
Duplicate of this question: Is there a ZIP code I can enter when paying...
I have tried an edit
Also I will not push on the voting bonanza proposal, I do not feel there is enough support
Before closes as "unclear what you're asking", I'm asking the SE overlords and/or mods, is this is a fair summary?
Some comments on questions and one answer on the Meta discussion Can we be more careful in marking duplicates on questions that are related but ask for or about different things? ...
@Berwyn @mts @ZachLipton you can try to help that guy out when he uploads his scan travel.stackexchange.com/questions/73243/… I might also, but totally promise to upvote your stuff.
The best way to get a feel for a whole aspect of a city like this is with a good guidebook. There are also free online wikis - for a big city like London, they're usually quite up to date.
Here's Wikivoyage's section on London taxis (note - their jump link functionality is a bit skewy at the mom...
Is it ok to ask where is this building? Probably in St Petersburg I just do not know whether we are ok with essentially posting the same question for every place in the world :) kepfeltoltes.hu/160710/LCV_-2016-07-09_22-24-38-1_www.kepfeltoltes.hu.png
A few weeks ago I had intended to take a bus with Terravision bus in Italy, however they informed me the day before the trip that due to technical problems there was no service on that line on the day I was traveling.
To get to my destination I therefore took alternate means and I have written ...
