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Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

12:44 AM

@Shog9 Is my analysis of a certain issue correct? Are any one of my proposed fixes technically feasible?

ArtOfCode

12:58 AM

@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog Is this ping necessary?

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

@ArtOfCode There might be something I'm missing. For instance, I don't know why one of the spam-deleted questions I linked wasn't properly deleted as spam, or why the post linked in the question that was deleted as spam wasn't deleted by Community, but by normal users instead.

Catija

@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog If it were me, a descriptive link or link text would be preferred... When you obscure it like that it takes more effort to actually see if I have anything to say.

ArtOfCode

@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog What I'm getting at is "does this need verification, or could it just be left as a non-official answer?"

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

@ArtOfCode Also, I want to know from SE whether they consider the issue to be an "edge case not worth fixing", or if it's worth applying one of my suggested fixes. Or, there may be another fix I haven't listed.

ArtOfCode

Same question.

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

1:02 AM

It's tagged as a bug, which means sooner or later it needs a status tag.

@ArtOfCode My answer simply lists the cause of the bug.

It can't be used as a non-official but official citation.

ArtOfCode

Um... I hate to break it to you, but there are hundreds if not thousands of un-status-tagged bugs on MSE.

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

Unlike, say, this other answer of mine.

ArtOfCode

My point is - in the interests of reducing the number of frivolous pings to CMs, particularly Shog, you could forgo verification here and just leave your reasoning there for others to make what they will of. Let the CM's decide on their own whether they respond to that one, rather than making it on your schedule.

Catija

Amusingly, the 2 button works fine for me.

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

@Catija It didn't work for me, though.

Catija

1:06 AM

OK.

Shog9

1:39 AM

@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog yep, that's exactly correct. Good job!

The work-around should suffice for now

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

@Shog9 Thanks! Are any of my fixes feasible, or is it too much of an edge case to deal with?

Shog9

It's... Not a difficult thing to fix. I'm just not sure I see any payoff in fixing it.

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

@Shog9 Also, why is the post linked in the question showing as deleted as spam or offensive? It was voted to delete by users, and I normally only see that if it was flagged six times and deleted by Community.

Shog9

It doesn't actually have to be deleted as spam/offensive. Just needs to have helpful spam/offensive flags

(and be deleted)

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

@Shog9 I don't think that that's the case. As far as I know, one helpful red flag just triggers the spam mask. It by itself doesn't cause the URL slug to not show or the deletion to be annotated as "spam or offensive".

e.g. this question.

As far as I can tell it was deleted because the user was destroyed, hence by Community. But despite a spam mask, the URL slug still shows and the deletion notice doesn't say "this question was deleted as spam or offensive".

Shog9

1:48 AM

@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog nope

There's something else unique about this question that's triggering that message

Well, not exactly unique

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

@Shog9 That it's locked?

Shog9

There you go

Here's a pretty similar question on SO to compare with: stackoverflow.com/questions/133556/…

And another that doesn't exhibit this particular behavior: stackoverflow.com/questions/2119826/…

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

@Shog9 So if a question with active red flags is locked and deleted, it triggers the "question was deleted as spam or offensive" annotation in the deletion notice and the URL slug behavior?

Shog9

yep

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

Thanks for the insight!

Shog9

1:53 AM

> I just watched a cherished part of SO history deleted before me. When "boat programming" disappeared, I laughed; when "programmer cartoons" vanished, I smiled contentedly. But this... for the loss of this, I shed a tear. It was easily one of the most inappropriate questions ever asked on SO, and I will miss it. Join me, please, in commemorating this question: sidle up to your lady, take her in your arms, and, with smoldering eyes and gravelly voice, tell her the SQL joke.

and myself

2:33 AM

Just saw "Last message 14 hours" on here and thought "WUT!?", apparently the websocket froze...

Monica Cellio

2:51 AM

@Shog9 what was the SQL joke? :-)

Shog9

That pickup line from the question

Monica Cellio

I missed the question. Apparently I'm not up on my cherished SO history.

and myself

Join..?

user302202

3:36 AM

@MonicaCellio web.archive.org/web/20180220043248/https://stackoverflow.com/…

user302202

> A SQL query goes into a bar, walks up to two tables and asks, "Can I join you?"

Monica Cellio

@Mrs.Robinson ah. It's been a while since I've heard that one. Thanks for the link!

Journeyman Geek

It's fun when you're waiting for your baggage, the power blips and the conveyer belt stops...m

user302202

Entertainment (2015 film)

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Journeyman Geek

If this was a movie.... Someone would kick it to start it

user302202

3:40 AM

Sorry Rick Alverson, Stack Overflow got there first.