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               Closed   Open  Cl/Op%
               ------  ------ ------
1. CORRECT       675    1577     43%
2. GRAMMA        202     515     39%
3. RIGHT          91     293     31%
4. Any           867    2165     40%


              Cl ≤ 0  Low%  Cl ≥ 10  High%
              ------  ----  -------  -----
1. CORRECT       415   61%       13     2%
2. GRAMMA        116   57%        4     2%
3. RIGHT          49   43%        1     1%
4. Any           518   60%       16     2%


              Op ≤ 0  Low%  Op ≥ 10  High%

Here’s the thing: those data are completely wrong because they do not include anything that's deleted.

Robusto

Heh.

tchrist

12:59 AM

The only way to get actual data is for an employee to run the queries on their own private SEDE that has more info in it.

The situation is guaranteed to be much worse than my results show.

Robusto

That would tilt the numbers in our favor, to be sure.

tchrist

@MattE.Эллен Learned that lesson.

Robusto

Jinx.

tchrist

That 60% Cl ≤ 0 figure is very interesting.

Because those would normally be deleted by the reaper unless they are duplicates or have at least one answer over zero.

My recollection is that Matt’s data were like less than half of reality.

Robusto

Wonder if I should comment on phenry's post to the effect that: You know, I'm sick of people who just want to complain about people who want to improve this site. Such people are parasites. Maybe even worse than parasites. You look with unconcern on someone else who is sick, yet when they try to cure their ailment you jump in and protest.

tchrist

1:04 AM

No, you shouldn’t, but I feel the same way.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

1:19 AM

The data paste reminds me that I never did get Sportsmanship.

I used to check on that using Mahnax's query.

Did single-word-requests really die?

tchrist

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Did hell freeze over?

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Q: Request for aggregate data regarding deleted questions with subjects containing CORRECT, GRAMMA, or RIGHT

As shown at the bottom of this answer, I present some SEDE results on just which how many non-deleted questions contain any of “correct”, “gramma”, or “right”. I used queries like these to produce those charts: Closed Questions matching CORRECT/GRAMMA/RIGHT Open Questions matching CORRECT/GRAMM...

@Robusto Gone subzero now.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

1:47 AM

@tchrist My bronze and silver have gone white. Is that because they are tag badges?

tchrist

2:05 AM

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Really? Let me look.

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Yes.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Okay. Thanks.

tchrist

2:30 AM

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Q: How can we encourage more folks to edit?

My question is simple: how can we get more people to edit postings so they look better? There are badges, but it doesn’t seem to work. Currently, most of the edits on ELU are done by a very, very few people: We currently only have 19 users who have earned the gold Copy Editor badge, and only...

discussion editing badges

How the hell am I supposed to get +6 rep?

I need just 6 more for yahzee!

6 is a tricky number to 0 in on.

SmokeDetector

3:05 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: What does it mean to "walk the wall?" by Chip Knight on english.stackexchange.com

tchrist

I wonder why that one is offensive to Smoke Detector.

tchrist

3:28 AM

Oh, it says “shit”.

I just couldn’t see it.

Cue punchline.

I’m sad that I’m starting to come around to the suspicion that we won’t get to blacklist stuff it question titles. I mean, hell, we don’t blacklist sport-fucking nor even Cunthorpe from them, so who’s going to let us blacklist grammatically correct?

HEAVY SIGH

0

A: Can "Sure" be used to respond to "Thanks"?

The guesthouse Internet login is not working. Has the password changed? Or the username? Can someone resend the credentials as the ones I have do not work.

Man, I really hate it when that happens!

SmokeDetector

3:44 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: What does it mean to "walk the wall?" by Chip Knight on english.stackexchange.com

curiousdannii

4:56 AM

@tchrist Just downvote four answers

tchrist

@curiousdannii Hey.

tchrist

5:10 AM

Damn it, I just have to go to bed. I’ve been waiting to snag yahzee.

infinitesimal

Later pal

tchrist

5:28 AM

@SmokeDetector fp

I guess he was already told. Was testing for shared state between instances.

infinitesimal

5:52 AM

in Homotopy Theory, 1 hour ago, by Qiaochu Yuan

yeah, and mathematicians aren't allowed to be sexual at all

tchrist

6:06 AM

Homotoppy.

Just can't bring myself to cast 3rd delete vote on this one: it just cracks me up too bad ever time I read it.

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Q: If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?

If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2? Back when I was in high school in the '70s, the #2 pencil was #1 in sales and in popularity. In 2014 it's still the hottest-selling pencil. Why after two decades hasn't it been rated #1. It just doesn't make sense at all. What's the point?

phrase-requests

It's still number 2 so it tries harder. That's why it's so popular. — John Lawler Mar 3 '14 at 3:55

infinitesimal

That's like asking since Newton's 3rd law is the most popular why isn't it called the 1rst law :-)

Aaah it's gone :-(

tchrist

i appear to have cast the first DV, long ago.

infinitesimal

6:22 AM

Everybody remembers for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

One could even say it is human nature

To react equally and oppositely

The first law could be "minding your own business"

infinitesimal

6:38 AM

user3002233

7:21 AM

Can someone help me PLEASE? english.stackexchange.com/questions/233784/…

Andrew Leach

7:45 AM

We can't help with that because everyone else's opinion is just as valid as yours. There are no criteria to direct the choice. Do you call yourself the site curator? Editor? Compiler? You could use alliteration like Curator's or Compiler's Collection.

It's the sort of question which is best asked in Chat.

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