Pondering an idea for a feature request to combat link-rot: trigger a "save-page-now" on archive.org for outgoing links on SE (live links on posts retained). Looking thru MetaSE I found meta.stackexchange.com/q/259657/373864 Is the conclusion from that that this was discussed and found "not good"?
Feature idea: When a closed question or a duplicate question is deleted, send a message to the user, containing a link to both the duplicate and the question they should look at. This would enable A) deletion of things that don't need to be there B) They can still go back and look at the message later
@Tinkeringbell I feel inclined to look for all these Are the mods paid?-posts...
Also I'd like to have mod powers on a site and if only for a day. It wouldn't have to mean real power. I really think SE should offer some "playground" site where everyone can get mod powers upon clicking a button. (I know there is a dev.stackoverflow site but this is only for employees).
That would compromise the system tbh, because there are some scary things they don't want you to know mods can do (At least I think there are things they can do that they don't want you to know about?)
@rene That's so strange. Reading this meta.stackexchange.com/questions/300106/… also gives negative vibes. But I wonder why? That trigger would be behind the scenes, just providing a backup, ready in case the live link rots. Seems minimal for the users or posting people.
I mean, you can play around with some of the chat features, or at least know what they can do... they can delete a chat account... they can suspend, kick, send personal messages, all sorts of things...
@LangLangC the general consensus is that posts should be self-contained. External links can support the post but they shouldn't be required to have a valuable post
@FreezePhoenix I can only think of the rep-reversal script. My idea for this site would be that it is reset every day or so (like the playgrounds for forum software etc.) Then the rep-reversal script would not be neccessary (on this site).
And most scary things can be seen by searching through the moderator faq on meta
@rene Sure. But right to quote and post length still considered 'good' limit this, while at the link much more could be found. And those links were found valuable enough to appear on SE. For Skeptics, History and a few more sites the original content might be crucial to follow up the arguments..
Note: The tool has been updated, and now looks like this.
Not calling this complete just yet, but we've added something toward this end:
This is available from the "mod" menu on user pages, and generates a ticket in our internal queue that'll look something like this:
You can use this ...
@Tinkeringbell I know, but when it would be a test site there could be a warning IF YOU CONTINUE, ALL YOUR DATA WILL BE OPEN TO USERS WHO ARE SMART ENOUGH TO CLICK CLICKED THE I WANT TO BE A MOD BUTTON
@MEEisJohannGambolputty... It's more that you can't fence that off against people that don't care about sharing theirs, as long as they get to wreak havoc with the info from others.
this is SE, not discord, deleted messages are public to RO's and mods lol... I was an RO once. It was... pretty boring. Nothing surprising tbh. Move messages, that was about it iirc
Stack Exchange has some of the best Moderators around — seriously — and that is due in no small part to the communities who scrutinize and vote in our Moderator elections. We have a rather formal process for electing moderators, but up until now the process for removing a moderator has been quit...
@JourneymanGeek I'm a programmer I know that xd you can never trust user input, and never trust that line you just typed. Only trust the line you are typing.
Yeah, as you have more mods, and you have an increasing chance of corrupt mods in a same sized sample (They believe they won't be caught, or something silly), you have an exponentially higher chance of having a bad mod.
But this is boolean multiplication, sir. Bad faith + good doing = bad ( 0 x 1 = 0 ); good faith + bad doing = bad ( 1 x 0 = 0 ); bad faith + bad doing = bad ( 0 x 0 = 0 );
@JourneymanGeek re your post People get lost and crash into meta - maybe we need roadblocks for their safety. This mostly exists already: This page is shown to first-time askers: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/ask/advice. Maybe it justs need to be highlighted, similiar to @ArtOfCode suggestion.
Having been a user who was suspended, I have not seen a message that told me which one was flagged. However, they usually occurred pretty soon after the message occurred, so it wasn't hard to find out. As far as I can tell, if you are gone during the entire suspension, there is no way to tell tha...
I asked a question on CR that I'm not even sure fits on CR but I can't find anything wrong with it. It's a question about my code that defines a new language that I later use in another question.
So I really kinda just made a new tag on CR... for my own language. I'm also looking for anyone who may be interested in writing some programs in it, for feedback.
@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ We occasionally send boxes of angry squirrels to users.
And speaking of strange deliveries, one of our moderators apparently sent a box of squirrels to one of our users. We might be officially endorsing this, but I need to check on the circumstances.
@Asuna Fun fact: my brother just helped ship a load of corals from the zoo he's working at to two in England. Preparations took months yet nothing died in the meanwhile ;)
yeah, but specialized shipping is a separate concern. A box of squirrels just seems like "stick squirrels in a box and send it using <insert name of governmental postal service here>"
Nowadays,
carnivorous plants have become a popular pet for many.
Some of them sold as pets are -
tropical pitcher plants
pitcher plants
venus flytrap
drosera capensis
sundews
trumpet pitchers
They are also available online from major e-commerce sites.
So, my question is -
Will questions ...
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@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog No. You're supposed to assume good intentions
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The number of "all time messages" is visible for some room owners and not visible for the others, for example, in the Python room. Any idea why? I couldn't find any existing meta thread about this.
Lets see how a downvote without a comment explaining the reason, is like a critical sneak attack:
We don't know who did it.
We don't know why they did it.
The target can't defend him/herself.
The target can't adapt and learn from it.
The target can't improve what he/she was doing.
The one who a...
@Catija Since the question you just answered has four close votes as "specific site" since it lacked context of the specific site, is it a good idea for you to clear those close votes?
@Catija Generally, when I see a question that should not be closed that has four votes, I cast the final vote to expedite the overall process of closing and reopening. (Either wait for a fifth vote then vote to reopen, or cast the final vote myself and immediately vote to reopen.)