Folks, I’ve spotted something peculiar (albeit benign) in an MSDN example. I’d like to post a question about that. Where would be the best place to do this: SO, Programmers.SE, or CodeReview.SE ?
@NickAlexeev CodeReview is really for when you have some code you've written and works but want advice on how to improve it. What you describe does not sound like this is what you are talking about.
I consistently see answers quoting this link stating definitively "Don't parse ls!" This bothers me for a couple of reasons:
It seems the information in that link has been accepted wholesale with little question, though I can pick out at least a few errors in casual reading.
It also seems as if...
this guy seems to be massively removing the hello world tag without editing the actual content when it would be necessary: stackoverflow.com/users/2615252/…
I tried to reject as many as possible, but other approve it. :/
@SwankSwashbucklers: Please do not make minor tag changes like removing the hello world in gazillion posts (i.e. mass minor edit) without actually fixing the content, too, where needed! — Laszlo Papp29 secs ago
Seem I wasn't the only one to discover the ability to put arbitrary html code in a calculated field formula on SharePoint. Just answered a related question ^_^
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Ok, so yesterday some of us closed a question, which George Stocker then edited, reopened, answered, only to show that the OP's issue cannot be reproduced. So the said question should be closed again, for no-repro. Those who voted yesterday won't be able to vote again, but for those who can:
Is it right to answer a question in such manner:- "which George Stocker then edited, reopened, answered, only to show that the OP's issue cannot be reproduced"
@DroidDev I think the mod was genuinely trying to teach the OP something, but the whole thing was pointless, and I'd say harmful in the end, given that we're not supposed to encourage bad questions with answers.
Rightly said, and IMHO it is also not productive for any of us, because now, said question has to be flagged again and then reviewed and then closed for some another reason.
Yep, if my efforts are going to end up being undone arbitrarily, I don't see much reason for me to flag or vote to close anything at all. I can let the mods sort it out among themselves.
I've not reached the point of boycotting flagging and vtc but the more I run into things like this, the closer I'll get to making that choice.
@Louis I don't think it's a bad question to begin with. The OP had a real problem and was trying to solve it, sharing what he did. Can't see how he could have done it better. As it turned out, the problem was elsewhere.
@ShadowWizard Look at the first version of that question. That's how it was when it was closed. There were also comments (now deleted) pointing out the solution to getting the question reopened. What you see now is the result of a mod a) editing the question into a shape where it would not have been closed in the first place, b) reopening, c) cleaning out the comments (which became obsolete), d) answering.
@Louis so what is wrong with this? The moderator improved quality, saved a question from oblivion and posted a solid answer. So why "harmful in the end"?
So if he'll keep this pattern he will get Q-banned even if he will get couple of answers in the way
@Louis I think George was just trying to help this specific case, without really trying to teach a lesson about closing/reopening. Unless I missed some comments?
My real Romanian name is: Ionică Bizău. You can see ă letter that is very close to a (in both: writing and pronouncing).
After setting my username as Ionică Bizău the link to my profile became:
http://stackoverflow.com/users/1420197/ionic-bizu
I know that if I write
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@IonicăBizău think we talk about two different things here... you said "review again", I was referring to the "again" part. There's not just one dev, there are many. If you want to try and summon one here, try Oded or Anna.
They're your best bet to get real attention to bugs. :-)
@Jeff, why in the world are you hardcoding all those? Use the Unicode Collation Algorithm and compare at the primary strength, which works even better than canonically decomposing and then removing Grapheme_Extend characters. The UCA1("ð") is the same as UCA1("d"), etc. Otherwise you fight a losing battle. Use the Unicode facilities; don’t hardcode stuff. — tchristApr 29 '11 at 4:12
I wonder if this has even been checked by anyone in the team.
It's a tough one. On the one hand the edit fixes spelling mistakes, on the other hand the question may get closed in its current state. Personally I'd press skip and let someone else think :D
Write a script file account.awk that from a file orders creates the formatted printout of account. The file orders is as follows:
http://pastebin.com/kPF5B0c0
Beside the column Cost the account displays the column Total. To the total cost the measure EUR should be added. The last row is summary...
Community doesn't add bounties. Both of the bounties that are currently attributed to Community were actually added by a user who has since been deleted. When the user was deleted the bounty was transfered to Community's ownership.
If you look at one of the the bountied question's revision histo...
Ok, so I take a couple minutes to post a nice comment to help the OP maybe get their question reopened. Click post, get an error. Refresh and discover that OP deleted their question. Why do I bother again?
@Stilly.stack the rumour I heard claims it was because he rebuked her (the sister) for being high and asked her to calm down with drugs. But of course it's just a wild rumour, dunno if she's really using!
@Stijn look OK to me too. People probably expect a perfect tag wiki before approving, dunno.