I mean there's already a limit which allows for some decent comments that aren't too long and in the age of welcoming longer comments are encouraged apparently
i'll prob need to find an example but some comments look like they are trying to answer the question without the risk of downvotes from all users... only users with enough rep to actually vote on comments
If you think you have the basis of something, that others might not have thought of, but don't want/can't expand on it, better to point said others towards that direction
Or if you have an out-of-universe answer (like the bogle definition), but think there could be an in-universe one but aren't sure, might as well leave it there rather than an incomplete answer
This sounds like The Truman show, Truman, who's in a make believe world but he believes it to be real. He remembers this girl from his past, and starts to redesign her face. And in the end he leaves the set and finds her. The trailer is on youtube. Funnily enough the female character he remembers is also called Sylvia. — Edlothiad23 hours ago
I don’t think the correspondence with Sirius provides very good evidence that the evidence is “contradictory” as you say. There are dozens of reasons why Sirius may not rely immediately, or may intentionally make it seem to take longer to reply. Regardless if the letters he returns are short, you’ve made a rather big assumption on Sirius’ reply speed when no such evidence exists. As the youth of today might say “maybe he just left Harry on read.” — Edlothiad2 days ago
@Hend It references the message it links to. See the little arrow on the left, if you tap that it will show you which message it's a reply to.
Depends on case by case, if there are no answers yet and someone doesn't have time for one but wants to post a comment to point others in the right direction that is fine to do so
ELL/ELU can have one-liners answers which are perfectly fine (so they could be in a comment), SFF, SO etc... bit more longer, so no comment will really completely answer the question
Comments cannot be downvoted, only upvoted, and so you can't have the quality checks that answers have. You cannot edit comments to improve them after 5 minutes. You cannot accept a comment. If you answer in a comment, and the OP says that solved their problem, they may leave the site never to return and leave an answer unaccepted, if the commenter answered with what they had originally posted as a comment.
You do realise "avoid" means soft policy over anything hard/concrete and so doesn't need to be followed mercilessly, hence why I said it depends on case by case and context
I checked in to my hotel in Singapore and the toilet has a towel on its lid.
What is the objective of this towel? Is it supposed to be used a foot rug for when I am using the toilet?
"It's a bath mat, not to slip when you exit the shower" is a perfectly fin answer which could fit into a comment (but then wouldn't be the appropriate way)
Whereas for instance, for this one you could comment "JKR said in an interview that Voldemort think you defy him just by being against him", which is also true but not a full-fledged answer as per SFF
The point is blanket refusing them and deleting anything of potential value just because it's in a comment is bad thing. You should decide on a case by case basis and look into the context
You're welcome to moderate your site with whatever stringent rules you wish to apply, but you cannot enforce them here.
Everything you've said "It's a network-wide policy" then gone on to provide examples of suggestions, then gone on to say you've written about it in a couple of places.
I am completely lost as to how saying that I've written about it makes it that I'm saying that if I said it, it must be a network wide policy. No; it's a network-wide policy because that's what's been determined over the years, and is codified in the network-wide help center and the comment placeholder text. I'm also linking to places where I've spent more time explaining this.
Also, upon reading the IPS Meta post you linked, HDE has a point and not a minor one: IPS answers have real-life consequences. Most SFF ones don't, so a "partial info given in a SFF comment" is waaaaaaay more ok than on IPS.
@Jenayah Right. That is correct - and that's why IPS takes a much harsher stance on them. SFF doesn't apply the policy nearly as widely. That doesn't change that it's a network-wide policy, but different sites do apply it in different ways.
@TheLethalCarrot No. It means that the policy isn't strictly enforced, which leads to them being more accepted here. That doesn't mean that they're strictly allowed.
There's a difference between "allowed" and "letting it go".
Here's what the "comment everywhere" privilege page currently states:
When should I comment?
Comments are intended to:
provide feedback on posts
add relevant, but minor, information to posts (if it's a major chunk of information, it should be an answer!)
ask for clarification...
Again, the highest downvoted post has 73 on this site. That's -73 rep. Most answers don't get nearly that many downvotes because you lose 1 rep for downvoting an answer. Checks most people before blindly downvoting. Eitherway a loss of 146 rep, as I said before, is insignificant in the grand scheme of things.
Posting an average answer that hits the HNQ will easily make up for that small blip.
@Hend Suppose you know the answer to a question but don't have time to write an answer, do you leave it or do you post a comment so others don't have to repeat all your research?
@Edlothiad different "real-life consequences", I'd say. SO is related to work (outer lines, I mean), IPS deal with "my brother is on the verge of suicide" situations.
Otherwise, you can be burned by planning on writing an answer, leaving a comment because you don't have time, and then getting FGITW'd by an actual answer. Speaking from experience, as @FuzzyBoots's can attest to ;)
As I've said before in this discussion, SFF chooses not to enforce this policy strictly. That doesn't change that it is an actual, applied, network-wide policy.
@Edlothiad I'd say that's more the community as a whole; if they don't flag them in the first place, then they don't get deleted, so people start to think they're okay, so they proliferate.
> Used for questions on the fantasy genre itself, including its tropes and conventions. Should not be used to categorize questions about specific works of Fantasy.
Now, if you'll give me a moment, I'd just like to clarify what I mean / what my stance is on the "answers in comments" thing earlier.
There is a network-wide policy in place to not post answers or half-answers in the comment section. Comments are, strictly speaking, for suggesting improvements and asking for clarification. If the SE policy was to be strictly enforced everywhere, then those comment-answers wouldn’t be posted, and, when posted, would be flagged and deleted by members of the community (including moderators).
But, SFF (as well as lots of other sites across the network), chooses not to enforce this policy strictly. So, answers-as-comments are in fact rather common, and don’t usually get deleted. This means that usually you can get away with posting them here.
There are arguments to be made for both sides – in favor of, and against, these comments. But, at the end of the day, strict SE policy is to delete them, but SFF does not enforce this strictly.
Apart for really really obvious policies ("Be nice"), can we actually expect to have a policy that's uniformly applied to each one of the 140+ sites of the network, which cover topics ranging from what to feed your cat to how many Hogwarts students there are? :P
But, actually... yes. There are certain things that make it a SE site, which includes the engine and the policies that make it a Q&A site, not a discussion forum.
Though you can't expect a policy to be applied uniformly, different site cultures automatically make that next to impossible but meh, I can't be bothered to keep going over the same things anymore
Cats are carnivores, they have to eat meat in order to be healthy. In regards to your current feeding:
Tuna in the can for human consumption is generally the muscle of the tuna, not the organs. Cats need to have both to get the nutrients they need. So, strictly speaking, tuna alone is not enoug...
@Mithrandir We/they care, but we care more for getting rid of spam as quickly as possible which after all is the main thing. Though I don't want to start this up again
@Jenayah Yes exactly it's a voice chat. 2 speakers at a time, scream as loud as they can and see who hits the highest decibel levels. Turns out it's the same couple of people, vocal regulars
This sounds awfully similar to
The Truman Show
A guy dreaming about the one who will love her and he tries to figure out how she looks like.
Sylvia, the woman, had appeared in Truman's past and tried to reveal that he was actually in a TV Show. However, the production crew took her a...
You know, I'm not even able anymore to understand if my room "mates" just straight-up want to bugger me or are plain dumb. Just got a got told that "there'll be a party with 15 new persons up until 1am, so you won't be able to us the kitchen [note: again] nor eat there while we're here. Is that alright?", to which I snarkily replied that I was getting used to it and that I would make do.
@Edlothiad Unfortunately, my room is upstairs. I don't want the smoke to go there.
So far, seeing as I got no bandwidth repeatedly, got scold at when asking them to switch the speaker thingy which was sucking it (on top of banging loud music) on a mobile or something, then got looked down as "No, mobile plans aren't expensive here. Stop saying stuff is expensive here. My mobile plan is unlimited and cheap", I just kicked the ones treating me as a dog out of the Wi-Fi.
Funny thing, nobody related the "new roommate who does IT stuff", "we don't get along with said roommate", "roommate complained about not having Wi-Fi but doesn't anymore", "hey I don't have Wi-Fi, do you have some?" yet.
Funny thing, nobody related the "new roommate who does IT stuff", "we don't get along with said roommate", "roommate complained about not having Wi-Fi but doesn't anymore", "hey I don't have Wi-Fi, do you have some?" yet.
It's been one and a half month - granted, some have been on holiday during that time.
I thought of changing the "admin/admin" credentials to something along the lines of "f***you/regards,$MYNAME", but I don't want to deprive future tenants of Wi-Fi, so I won't
I checked in to my hotel in Singapore and the toilet has a towel on its lid.
What is the objective of this towel? Is it supposed to be used a foot rug for when I am using the toilet?
Here's what the "comment everywhere" privilege page currently states:
When should I comment?
Comments are intended to:
provide feedback on posts
add relevant, but minor, information to posts (if it's a major chunk of information, it should be an answer!)
ask for clarification...
This sounds awfully similar to
The Truman Show
A guy dreaming about the one who will love her and he tries to figure out how she looks like.
Sylvia, the woman, had appeared in Truman's past and tried to reveal that he was actually in a TV Show. However, the production crew took her a...
