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| Comment | Post #280359 |
@celtschk: I didn't put quotes around the title. If the search string is so specific that it only matches the one question title on the whole internet, then the test isn't very useful. Still, it might be something to try. I've noticed that search engines don't actually seem to take quotes that ser... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280358 |
@Mith: See update to the question. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280377 |
It seems you are really looking for a platform for publishing rants, not for asking questions. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280375 |
A problem we haven't solved yet is launching new communities with a plan that gives them a reasonable chance of success. Most people discussing a new community here will be the answerers, not the askers. Since we can't expect many of the askers to be here, there should be a plan to attract them. R... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280359 |
@celtschk: As I said in a previous comment, deleting the untouched stuff would be a good first start, then see where that gets us. The evidence of spillover is from the test I did. I copied the title of the question exactly into the search bar. Still, Google showed two results with looser matches ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280358 |
@Mith: It would be interesting to try the first two experiments on the Judaism site to see how much limited imports effect things. Someone that knows the topic should do that so that they can pick generic questions with lots of stuff already out there on the web. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280358 |
@Mith: What sites did selective imports? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280359 |
There have to be some over-arching rules for any site in the codidact.com domain. How many users are effected Codidact-wide, versus how many are on sites with imported content, and that actually want to keep that content? At some point there is a threshold where something needs to be done to protec... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280359 |
I suspect that you're right and the number of imported questions with local answers is small. Keeping those probably (hopefully?) won't hurt us much with the search engines. We could delete all but those, then see what that does to search results a month later, if the sites really want to keep thos... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280359 |
It is a global Codidact issue because apparently imported content in one site effects all the others. We should work with the effected communities as best as possible, but deleting imported content is for the health of Codidact overall. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280356 |
There is no edit button shown to me on *this* question either. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280356 |
@Monica: I clicked on the "edit URL" link in your comment, and was able to edit the question. So the system allows me to edit, but isn't showing the edit button for some reason. Strange indeed. I looked around, and this bug seems to apply to all my questions on sites where I'm not a mod. I don't ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280318 |
@Monica: Only mods should be able to change the list, but ordinary users should be able to see what is going on if only on the ground of openness. For example, perhaps someone disagrees with the choices. That would be a valid discussion for meta. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280212 |
@Monica: If someone truly just fixed a small typo in an old post, then bumping the post is not useful, and usually detrimental. I agree the problem of claimed minor edits really being minor is real. That's why I suggested moderators being able to review minor edits, as they can do now with comments... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280211 |
Minor edits can still be useful. If flagged correctly, then it shouldn't matter if a comment was posted right before the edit. Minor edits should only be for fixing obvious typos, spelling, grammar, etc. Anything that actually changes the meaning should not be flagged as a minor edit. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280209 |
Yes, same here. It seems no matter how much I look over a post before posting, I always find something to fix right after posting. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280212 |
I agree it would be nice to have a "minor" edit type that doesn't bump the post. However, how do we decide what is minor? I'm not comfortable trusting everyone to be truthful about an edit being minor. Perhaps this is a higher ability than edit. Moderators should be able to review all minor edits... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280143 |
And another. I'll assume this would go on indefinitely, but I'm not going to keep writing more comments. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280143 |
Yup, another comment box popped up, as you reported. I hadn't noticed that before. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280143 |
This is a test comment to see what happens when I click Post. Using Edge on Win10. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280126 |
Yes, this works, but it's a bad idea. Links rot. If content was important enough so that it needed to be shown directly in a post, then it needs to reside here. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280115 |
Wow, I didn't know there was such a thing. I still don't know how to get there except via the link you provided above. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280084 |
You have now significantly changed the proposal from Biology+Chemistry to just Biology. That really should be a different proposal. In any case, the "feed all these birds with one seed" comment makes no sense anymore. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280084 |
Biology and chemistry are different topics, and should be in different sites. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280078 |
I can see @Moshi's suggested edit just fine. Using Edge on Win10. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280058 |
On second thought, not a popup, but a check box in the post editor. The default is checked, meaning you will be notified of changes unless you opt out. As long as it's not too easy to overlook, that would be better than a popup. Did I mention that I really hate nanny-ware? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280058 |
I like the "follow" idea. That's a general mechanism that could be useful for other things too. When you edit a wiki post, maybe you get a popup that gives you the option to follow the post, with the default being "yes". That way you know it's happening, and it's easy to opt out. I don't think ed... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280055 |
I saw that and thought it looked stupid too. Make the text in the blue box editable, with the default being what is shown above. Most of the time, it will be a reference to a question. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280058 |
This all makes sense, but anyone that edited such a post should get notification of any changes. That fits more with the post being owned by the community, as seems to be the intent. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280056 |
I agree, except that the resulting rep is useful for more than just "bragging rights" as you put it. That's one of the two things it's for. The other is to identify the few key core people that put serious effort into the site. For that, a great answer is better and should count more than one that... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280044 |
@Mith: That doesn't make sense. Having a score that keeps going up when you do good things incentivizes you to keep doing good things, not stop doing them. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280053 |
@Canina: Everything I talked about would be configurable per site. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280047 |
Yup, +1. Looking at recent comments seems to be the single most useful mod tool so far. Making it better will yield real returns. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280005 |
@luap42 it was originally promised that the new abilities thresholds would be tweakable per site. As far as I can see, they are not. Is this work in progress, or has something changed? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280005 |
@luap42 if your deciding what rep really should be, then I've got a few suggestions. The rep change per vote should be settable per category. For example, votes on meta shouldn't effect rep at all. We have a Papers category on EE that should result in higher rep for both up and down votes. Again, ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280005 |
@luap42 I have no problem with you allowing communities that don't want rep to shut it off. But, you took away the rep display on the banner unilaterally, without input from the community. Don't take it away before at least giving me the option of turning it back on. Preferably, all changes defaul... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280005 |
*"part of our move away from reputation"*. This is a bad attitude. Reputation is very useful. Rep was one of the main drivers that caused traffic on SE. Don't throw it out because some people imaging some ideal world where it shouldn't matter. It does. Also, bring back the rep on the banner. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279964 |
You are unlikely to find the askers here when the site is being defined. You need committed domain experts to launch a site that is ready for questions. Getting questions is about getting the word out. The marketing plan should be part of the site proposal. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279157 |
The title is fine for a title, but not sufficient for a question. What's a "table of contents"? I don't anything like that at the link you posted. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279832 |
I think that "every day" physics should be explicitly on topic. As you say, it's not the level of the question. It's about the quality of the ask, and whether reasonable research has been done *for the OP's level*. For example, high school students wouldn't know where to find papers, and may find ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279802 |
*Addressed* is not the right word. It implies the question has been "dealt with", "worked on", "dispatched", or in some way resolved or attempted to be resolved. It means *something* has been done in response to the question. This is misleading when the question received no answers. All we can re... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279758 |
@Monica: I just tried an edit after yours, and that did reset whatever was causing the problem. I can see the edit indicator now, and I suspect everyone else can too. So this has something to do with the state left in the database after an approved edit, which is set correctly when an edit is done ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279765 |
Looks like you nailed it. Nice sleuthing! (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279758 |
@Monica: I was away from the computer between your two edits, so I couldn't see the result of the first. However, the second edit (that required someone else to confirm) caused the bug to appear. As it is right now, I don't see the edit indicator. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279758 |
@Monica: I just did an edit to my question, and I see the change notification "<1m ago". Now you or someone else should make a small edit to see if the bug appears. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279663 |
@luap42: Great, thanks. That wasn't clear from the response to my question. The only answer I got was more about railing against rep than addressing my question. I realize you guys are busy. *"It's on our list of things to do, but probably not for a while."* is a perfectly good answer. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279663 |
Yes, please! I asked for something like this 5 months ago, but it was ignored because I mentioned "rep". https://meta.codidact.com/questions/276332 I really miss being able to see which of my posts people liked or disliked over the last day or so. Now I can see my rep going up, but it's really di... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277100 |
How is this going? As deleted content accumulates, it's getting harder and harder to see what ordinary users see. I think only two states are needed, "moderator view" and "normal view". This would apply to deleted answers as well. The button to toggle the view would be off the side somewhere, so ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279613 |
I always thought starting at 1 was silly. Everyone should start at 0, then work their way up (or down) from there. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279468 |
@Zero: Go ahead. The more info we can provide to diagnose this problem, the better. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |