@Shog9 are we done with "Evaluation step / flagger-mod sub-parts" details? also, while I have your attention, am I correct assuming this as accurate description of NAA "Action" step:
> most NAA can be obviously deleted without any further thought, but if something seems amiss then the mod should dig into it, read the question, read the comments, follow links if necessary and make a decision based on what's best for the question and the site
? Pattern for above appears like, 1) there's a typical (most frequent) way to handle the post, "most NAA can be obviously deleted", accompanied with 2) less frequent various "deviations" that are taken at mod discretion, based on broader context. Does that make sense?
whats wrong with this question ? every time i try to post it i get the message doesnt meet our system quality
I just wonder since users cant delete their own posts permanently.
So i wonder if moderators can delete them permanently `(from system)`?.
Or its deleted but its seen only for them that its deleted? To let other moderators see it?.
Thx!.
@user998158 Not sure why that's being rejected offhand. One tiny note; try not to use code formatting for highlighting of things. It should only be used for actual code snippets. As for your question; Moderators can't delete 'permanently'. Mods and 10k users can still see deleted posts, though 10k users need to have a direct link to them.
@user998158 Well... You could perhaps post a question about why you couldn't post a question, and hope that someone from the StackOverflow staff answers it
@gnat Correct. Usual actions are deletion (majority of cases where answer adds nothing whatsoever), convert to comment or edit (when answer was obviously intended to be one of those things), and nothing whatsoever (for both invalid flags, and answers that, regardless of deficiencies, clearly provide something of value to those with the problem described).
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I wonder what companies are actually running an internal Stack Exchange instance...
I have JavaScript Script, which is injected to the browser when i log in to the mail. How can I get an email adress of current user? what do you think? then I should Open pup up page from another server and she should know that email adress. cant I get from session or something like that?
@maxhodges I contacted the user you had a bad run-in with, but I had to remove your meta post. Personally targeting other users on meta (no matter how badly they're misbehaving) never ends well and things escalate quickly. Next time please just flag the comments or the post and let a moderator know privately what's going on. :)
I built a computer for work for the specific purpose of running SQL-server 2008 and some small perl apps which populate the database. Our IT guy asserts that it is a "no-brainer" to use Windows-server 2012 on this machine instead of just windows 7. The reason he gave, that server OSes are optim...
btw it was quite confusing that you were posting notifications to my "inbox" but when I clicked them I got the "this topic doesn't exist" page. I had no way to contact you until your last post. meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/170680/how-to-see-my-inbox/…
@Shog9 Understood, thank you. Regarding how to action flagged posts (where moderator evaluated flag as valid), I am thinking about something similar to your description of NAA "pattern", with the only difference that convert-to-comment is considered as typical (most frequent) way to handle the post...
...Like, most link-only answers can be obviously converted to comments... "...without any further thought, but if something seems amiss then the mod should dig into it, read the question, read the comments, follow links if necessary and make a decision based on what's best for the question and the site"
my preference for convert-to-comment is primarily based on studying ideas in answers in related MSO discussion, especially in this one:
Answers should not consist of just a link, this has been amply covered already.
If a link-only answer is accepted, it is especially important to delete it (converting to a comment if the link isn't broken yet), and it has to be done by a moderator because the community cannot delete accepted ans...
@Shog9 That's a good question. Well, "informally", I just find the reasoning in the post I referred compelling enough to prefer conversion. More formally, it feels like a better match to definition we agreed upon for evaluation stage: "defers the actual solution" - note how this dissonates with statement "answer didn't answer"...
...Anyway, I am not that fond of link only answers to adamantly insist on conversion having precedence over deletion - but, in case if you decide for deletion-by-default, please also consider respective "swapping" in should-possibly part at your sketch of flagging dialog, to give flagger better idea of what they should expect first, "possibly be deleted altogether or be a comment"... something like that, just worded without -double-be_ :)
@Shog9 Today was the first time my comment got merged along the answer into the question's comment. I can't help but be concerned about why this happened.
@gnat I'm not necessarily advocating one over the other here... I'm looking for an ideal solution, or failing that clear scenarios for choosing between multiple potential solutions. Comments are generally deemphasized / discouraged - I'm generally fairly reluctant to convert answers to comments unless they are either clearly replies to an existing post or comment and/or offer purely tangential information.
I have faced an issue while creating account in Stack Exchange data explorer and also have posted with bug tag but have got no response. What should I do?
@NarendraPathai The Data Explorer doesn't participate in the network authentication process, so your account there is not linked to the rest of your accounts on the Stack Exchange network
See also: My StackExchange DataExplorer Account doesn't show up in my Accounts!
I created my account in Data Explorer and used my already registered Google Login for logging.
It created the account and provided it name display jon.doe10667 while I have created accounts on other Stack Ex...
@NarendraPathai Your picture is the same because Gravatar associates your email with that picture across sites. The rest is completely separate from SE.
Hmm, I wonder which developer is gullible of carefree spirit enough for me to infect with a trojan that would allow me to commit a backdoor for myself in the rate limiter.
@NarendraPathai It still will not show in your list of accounts, but it would be able to correctly set your account name at least.
@TimStone I had a couple answers that were too long for one chat message that I used "(cont'd...)" for because things were scrolling by so quickly. I apologize profusely.
@LordTorgamus (...cont'd) Leave comments under my nomination blurb or find me in the election or Tavern chatrooms (in The Tavern, my name is "Popular Demand").
@jcolebrand Heh, I actually fell victim to the scenario your request describes. Of course it'll all be irrelevant once the votes are reversed anyway. ;)
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I believe it's simply that the system sees that you haven't actually changed anything since your last edit, and just dismisses it, discarding the changed edit reason.
thats what I thought. The idea made me start wondering where else this already happens. Where would I look for more information on sock puppeting and cross site posting and how websites have handled detecting it?
I have JavaScript Script, which is injected to the browser when i log in to the mail. How can I get an email adress of current user? what do you think? then I should Open pup up page from another server and she should know that email adress. cant I get from session or something like that?
I built a computer for work for the specific purpose of running SQL-server 2008 and some small perl apps which populate the database. Our IT guy asserts that it is a "no-brainer" to use Windows-server 2012 on this machine instead of just windows 7. The reason he gave, that server OSes are optim...
See also: My StackExchange DataExplorer Account doesn't show up in my Accounts!
I created my account in Data Explorer and used my already registered Google Login for logging.
It created the account and provided it name display jon.doe10667 while I have created accounts on other Stack Ex...
Looking at this revision to this question, the auto-generated edit reason is:
added 24 characters in body
However, when looking at the entire revision list, it's obvious that there are many more characters that were added in that revision:
Here's the Markdown diff as well:
It would ap...
