Perhaps the key difference I'm trying is <50 vs. >49
Is "Reputation over 50 may help the quality of a user's posts" any better?
I'm just worried because it's my first post on MSO, and I'm afraid that if I accumulate two more negative scored posts I might end up answer banned
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Downvotes signify that other users disagree with the answer, and do not find it helpful or accurate. For example, I find it misguided in several ways. There is no need to ask clarification of question in comments: if a question is unclear, don't answer it, period.
@Braiam No, I want something on our site we can easily link to, vote on, edit, etc. I originally thought we could use it as a dupe target too, but you pointed out why that wasn't a good idea and after some though I agreed with you. I thought my last comment made that clear?
hmm, I see my comment wasn't as conclusive as I thought. Odd, I remember writing a much clearer one, sorry. Either way, you are right, using it as a dupe target is not a good idea.
I still want the question though.
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@tepples Salvaging unclear questions is a noble thing, but this is not what new users should be concerned with. Just answer the questions that do not require salvaging. Or ask them...
@Weapon My early experience on SO was that if a question didn't require improvement, then the fastest gun in the west would probably have already answered it by the time you make a complete answer with code.
@tepples I recommend you to delete your answer, you seemly have certain misconceptions about what the question is asking and exactly how the system works
there's already several answers, check them out so you can know what yours is missing
It isn't so much "tread lightly" as much as "be respectful and do your research". I've done both and never had a single asking problem anywhere on the network.
If you a) make it as easy as possible for answers to answer your question (take the time to write it well, respond to comments asap, do your research, etc) then you'll usually be fine.
So anyway, I don't remember whether it was MSO or MSE, but someone was complaining about downvotes on his question because it didn't have an image, and he lacked enough rep to post one
I've been asked to delete a negatively scored answer on MSO. If I keep participating in MSO and keep ending up making negatively scored posts due to my misconceptions, don't I risk losing the privilege to participate?
As per comment on your MSO answer, votes don't really affect on child-meta. You won't lose any privilege, unless you're really trolling (and I see that you're not), so don't worry and keep participating.
@tepples Doubtful. I'm betting answer & question bans are harder to reach on meta, since voting (on feature-requests) also indicates disagreement. And, you're probably not always going to be wrong.
and I've read that MSE already has looser thresholds for automatic banning
So I gather that new users should skip questions whose answer requires more rep. That's fine for answering. But asking what's on and off topic, so that one's first question on a main site doesn't get DV'd, closed, and deleted, still requires 5 rep. How should a brand new user earn that safely without running the risk of getting a deleted negative score question on his permanent record? Two accepted suggested edits?
@tepples In theory, almost all resources are already there for new user to ask a question that's on-topic, clear, answerable from the get-go, not downvoted/closed.
In practice, though... who wants to read help because it's URGENT PLZ
Or if the help involves making a judgment call. For example, SF-nal elements tend to make a series on-topic on scifi SE, but kids' shows also tend to be off-topic, so how clear do the SF-nal elements in a kids' show have to be to outweigh the fact that it's a kids' show?
@tepples That one, I can't answer because I don't participate there, but it might be found on their meta... sorry, I don't have conclusive answer on that one.
Get points, save the day, get the girl, profit. Isn't it obvious? I've got more rep than @Coffee, so I'm obviously cooler and smarter. William has a bit more rep than me, but I can catch up. Oded has more rep than I'll collect in a lifetime, so I'll either kiss his *** so I'm in the cool crowd or...
One is essentially a toy, designed for writing small pieces of code, and traditionally used and abused by inexperienced programmers.
The other is a scripting language for web browsers.
> Besides being the best tree there is, I have strong allergies to certain cats, ducks, glasses, socks, dogs, owlhead/dodo, peeping eyes, and other items I find myself liable to stumble across.
Is it possible in SEDE to pick the posts that contain the most images. For example, the posts that have a count of text containing imgur.com > 5 or something? Or is that not really possible in just SEDE with sql?
@cVplZ actually, right now, I have an app to deliver and because of Diwali here, I won't be coming for rest of the week so, gotta finish work. Therefore, I might be slow on flagging today, but thanks for help. I'll see what I can do :)
@cVplZ actually, last week there were only three working days and I had to complete work of holidays, because client is foreigner and don't care about our vacations here in India and you know client is client. That's why last wednesday, I was slow on flagging and then there were holidays :)
@meagar I got this message on my blog. "On stackoverflow please stop removing 'java' tags. The tag is broad and for all java questions - even questions that aren't java ee. If you continue to remove tags, you will lose your editing privileges and face suspension". I think it is not a good idea to rollback or do anything about java tag. I do not know who post this comment on my blog. If this post is come from stackoverflow admin, I think it not a good idea to rollback. — wittakarnyesterday
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@DroidDev you can delete it after flagging using the delete button on your profile. It takes a second to delete the profile, just make sure you don't do anything other than flagging, don't comment or upvote or make suggested edits
20 Gs!! I doubt any Android device or anything else in regular production will be able to withstand that much force. Wonders what the app is for... — DroidDev20 secs ago
@Mauley Rep here is not skill so maybe you are a far better programmer that I will ever be - this site and the rep-system here is just a game for big (sometimes not so big) boys/girls - don't give to much to it (nor to some random downvotes - sadly those happens often in C#) - BTW: if you want to farm Rep just ask/answer LINQ Questions :P — Carsten König46 secs ago
One is essentially a toy, designed for writing small pieces of code, and traditionally used and abused by inexperienced programmers.
The other is a scripting language for web browsers.
In India we call it as elephant appetite. It is because ancient Indians dealt with lot of elephants. They even had it as pets.
