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Braiam

5:02 PM

@InfiniteRecursion @Undo how you know it wasn't an answer? The question could be "how cute are cats?"

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Cole Johnson

5:23 PM

> Too many of your recent flags have been declined - please review them instead of flagging this post!

How long do I have to wait for that to go away?

@Braiam but then the question would be subjective and need to be deleted :'(

Jan Dvorak

@ColeJohnson the sliding window is one week, IIRC

Cole Johnson

@JanDvorak It'd be nice if they told you how long you have left

Jan Dvorak

@ColeJohnson You should worry about your past flagging activity instead

Cole Johnson

@JanDvorak Now I know why new users get upset when their accounts are perma-banned and they don't know why

I honestly have no idea what I did wrong

Jan Dvorak

@ColeJohnson check your recently declined flags

Cole Johnson

5:29 PM

Those were my last flags before the ban. Anything after are comment flags

I've had a good flagging history. I get 100 a day.

Jan Dvorak

the ban mechanism only looks at your flagging activity in the past week

Cole Johnson

@JanDvorak Ok, that clears up some of my confusion.

So from the last week:

Non-comment (post) flags: 6 helpful, 4 declined, 1 disputed, 1 active

@JanDvorak I guess that ratio is qualifying unless there's something else in play?

Jan Dvorak

at least 25% declined and at least 10 total

Cole Johnson

10 declined flags?

Jan Dvorak

10 total flags, declined + accepted. Not sure if disputed count.

Cole Johnson

5:36 PM

So 10 total flags and 25% declined is a ban?

Jan Dvorak

in the last week

Cole Johnson

Ok, that's nice to know. Thanks!

@JanDvorak Have 10 reputation :)

@JanDvorak One last question: Is the window rolling? Or does it do a check like every 6-8 weeks on Monday?

Jan Dvorak

@ColeJohnson it's a sliding window

Cole Johnson

Thanks

TGMCians

stackoverflow.com/posts/81656/revisions

closed-reopened-closed-reopened-closed

Cole Johnson

5:54 PM

@TGMCians There should be a way to lock a question closed, but still allow editing the posts to keep them current

So the question becomes an FAQ of sorts.

Undo

@Braiam because I read the question too to see if it needed flagged too :P

Cole Johnson

@Undo But that takes the fun out of it :(

Undo

@ColeJohnson Oooh, we're sharing screenshots of that? Awesome!

Cole Johnson

Ha. You still need 3 more post flags

link-only-answer stackoverflow.com/a/25647729/1350209

Undo

true. fires up flagbot

@ColeJohnson no IMO

Infinite Recursion

5:58 PM

@TGMC: I flagged it for locking. Should be locked soon.

Undo

There's a link, true, but there's still some useful info in the answer. IMO that's a downvote not a flag.

Cole Johnson

It's borderline

Undo

not-an-answer stackoverflow.com/questions/25650493/python-sftp-issues/…

link-only-answer stackoverflow.com/questions/24929576/…

Cole Johnson

But I don't like downvoting upvoted posts. If the score's in the positive, the OP's never gonna delete it :( </sarcasm> (sortove)

I'd flag, but I'm banned from post flags

That NAA one looks like he's trying to answer, but there's nothing he can do.

Infinite Recursion

I fixed it.

Undo

6:01 PM

@ColeJohnson he's a 2ker, he should know that belongs in a comment

Cole Johnson

@Undo exactly. That's why I'm skeptical. It looks like a half-answer to me

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: HELP ME - DESPERATE FOR A/C on diy.stackexchange.com

Undo

@SmokeDetector rofl

Cole Johnson

@SmokeDetector MAKE HIM SUFFER

@Undo pypi.python.org/pypi/pysftp

bluefeet

@Undo Should I share mine?

Undo

6:02 PM

@bluefeet yes pleeeeease

Cole Johnson

It looks like it is an answer

Jan Dvorak

anyone willing to lowercase that?

Infinite Recursion

No @Jan, you can fix it.

bluefeet

Infinite Recursion

Wow!!

Sam

6:04 PM

@bluefeet As a Mod, do you still flag stuff?

Cole Johnson

Why would he not?

Undo

@Sam yeah, mods flag spam. And occasionally to request other mod's opinions on stuff.

bluefeet

@Sam only spam if I want it to count towards a penalty

Infinite Recursion

@Cole: She, not he.

Undo

Mod-spamflags instantly nuke the post and give it the -100 rep penalty.

Sam

6:05 PM

Ah ok. Thx for explaining.

Infinite Recursion

@bluefeet, now I am inspired to flag more often :)

Cole Johnson

@InfiniteRecursion I meant "he" as a gender-specific pronoun. Because I was referring to all the mods.

bluefeet

@InfiniteRecursion it is time consuming to flag that much

Jan Dvorak

@bluefeet depends. I have a script that helps me find stuff to flag

bluefeet

@JanDvorak But it still takes time to review to see if it actually should be flagged.

just because it is found in a query doesn't mean it should be flagged for mods

Jan Dvorak

6:15 PM

If it's got a trailing link, multiple paragraphs of words with no periods, it's probably worth flagging.

Infinite Recursion

I agree @bluefeet. Validating the post and writing detailed description for every flag is very time consuming. That makes your flagging contribution more remarkable.

Undo

@bluefeet SELECT * FROM Comments WHERE Text='You are a retard and should burn in a hole'

^ I disagree ;)

Andy

@Undo If I go run that am I going to get results or be disappointed?

Infinite Recursion

@Jan: She didn't flag spam. She flagged the other posts which exist in abundant volume, are really bad and need to be read by a person and flagged on case-by-case basis

Undo

@Andy if you do, tell me so I can get in on the flagging fun

Andy

6:20 PM

@Undo Disappointment

Undo

figured

SO isn't that mean and unforgiving yet

bluefeet

@Undo There are cases when a query or script would work, but everything should still be reviewed prior to flagging for us.

Undo

'course.

Andy

@Undo "retard" appears about 1500 times, but a quick glance shows that most of them are either self deprecating remarks or directed a Stack Overflow itself.

Infinite Recursion

Stack Overflow and retard? Did you run the query on MSO? :D

Andy

6:27 PM

@torazaburo are you a retard? plz check my post carefully. — user3788310 Aug 9 at 20:02

^ Get it

Anyone who downvoted is mentally retarded, this is the solution that works, I asked the question and this answer is what works. Sorry if you can't answer it due to lack of knowledge, ppl stop downvoting for hating reasons. — Hard Fitness Aug 6 at 22:30

I appear to be out of comment votes for the day.

Mysticial

Did the recommendation tab just implode?

Infinite Recursion

-1

A: Animations Not Working In XNA

Never mind I'm a retard. I was forgetting to draw it! :( problemo solved.

Andy

@Mysticial What do you mean by implode?

Mysticial

lol, I swear it was down 30 seconds ago.

I guess it's back up.

Andy

waves hands Ta-da!

Sam

6:34 PM

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A: Worst technobabble you've ever heard

"Global impact paradigm shift" as spoken by my former, retarded, CEO.

^ lol

lostsock

@Undo how do you only have 1 waiting for review? did you get to 3k right away or just not flag to close when had lower rep?

I guess I'll show my goods too.

Infinite Recursion

Nice!!

I guess I will keep mine a secret.

bjb568

@InfiniteRecursion How'd you guess?

Infinite Recursion

yesterday, by bjb568

@InfiniteRecursion How did you know?!

23 hours ago, by Infinite Recursion

@bjb568 Ducks know everything.

bluefeet

@InfiniteRecursion why keep it a secret?

Infinite Recursion

6:49 PM

@bjb568 Ducks know everything.

@bluefeet It isn't as impressive as all the ones shared here.

Sam

Same.

bluefeet

@InfiniteRecursion I felt like bragging because I'm kinda mean and I'm a booby

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Infinite Recursion

@bluefeet It isn't a secret from you, you can see everything with your ◆I am hiding it from the rest of the tavern-dwellers, especially @Bart.

bluefeet

@InfiniteRecursion your history is very respectable for a duck

lostsock

so cute seeing the mother duck helping the baby duck

Mysticial

7:05 PM

Looks like the recommendation tab is down again. And as soon as I say this, it'll be fixed. :)

bluefeet

@Mysticial yup because it's working for me

lostsock

who's your friend @InfiniteRecursion , just checking out your facebook.

Mysticial

@bluefeet Still down for me. So it's probably localized.

rene

7:19 PM

@Mysticial There is nothing left to recommend for you?

Mysticial

And I just got logged out.

wtf

lol

bjb568

Huh. SE doesn't like you.

rene

Did you pay the internet bill?

bjb568

Oh, did you pay the NSA bill?

Mysticial

I'm at work. And they kinda are the internet. :P:P:P

bjb568

7:32 PM

Ah, you work for hamsters co?

Travis J

7:46 PM

@TimPost - Re: meta.stackexchange.com/a/231761/178816 , so I waited 6-8 weeks, and then 6-8 months.. did anything ever get sent? :(

Andy

@TravisJ Top star on the star board

Jan Dvorak

SPAM webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/66842/…

gone

Santa Claus

8:32 PM

Someone wants to close this question...meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/270574/…

I'm not sure If I want to also just because I can or not

rene

I'm not using my vote...but I do notice a couple of well known commenters on that question...

Bart

8:48 PM

@InfiniteRecursion ... don't you worry, I know ....

@bjb568 nah Tubes-R-Us

rene

9:04 PM

Are the notifications delayed or is that only in IE11?

Travis J

@Andy - Ah, I see. Thanks for that I just stopped in to ping and lest.

@TimPost - Sorry I didn't see the star pinned, please disregard my message :)

lest == leave (didn't want to multi ping by editing)

0/

GnomeSlice

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rene

@Bart I knew I saw that question before...

Bart

... not sure if trolling or ... @rene

rene

I dunno...the SO question is OK-ish but a bit of a code blob which cause the downvotes.... his meta behavior is just trolling...

Bart

9:20 PM

Myeah, and self-answering questions does (somewhat unfortunately) seem to attract a fair bit more criticism than a a regular Q&A

Undo

10:20 PM

@lostsock I didn't flag to close too much <3k, mostly NAAs and thousands and thousands of comments. Thousands.

Those were fun days, right @hichris?

hichris123

... right.

@lostsock I have a grand total of... zero waiting for review!

Undo

Undo's Method of Getting a Good Grade in Statistics Class: Write a small script that runs the little 'hands-on activity' a million times and spits out the results.

8507 (0.85%) occurrences of 0 women pilots
72624 (7.26%) occurrences of 1 women pilots
223799 (22.38%) occurrences of 2 women pilots
329133 (32.91%) occurrences of 3 women pilots
248696 (24.87%) occurrences of 4 women pilots
96995 (9.7%) occurrences of 5 women pilots
18630 (1.86%) occurrences of 6 women pilots
1581 (0.16%) occurrences of 7 women pilots
36 (0.0%) occurrences of 8 women pilots

^ That's like fifteen lines of Ruby, and five points of extra credit >:D

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hichris123

lol

@Undo If only I had classes as easy as that...

Undo

10:36 PM

This is only Ch 1.1. It gets harder :P

hichris123