Timeline for What's wrong with ServerFault community?
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| Jan 24, 2012 at 19:06 | comment | added | Rob Moir | Agreed. If we want people to know that's possible, never mind whether its standard procedure or an exception, we need to do a better job of that. No two ways about it. | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 18:16 | comment | added | quux | @Rob Moir - until and unless there is an obvious and well defined workflow for this, few people really know it. A closed question feels final to the asker - and to potential answerers or editors. Heck, I've been on SF since beginning of its beta, though not heavily involved in the various metas ... and I was completely unaware that 'edit closed question, then take it to meta' was the rule. I thought it was the exception. | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 17:44 | comment | added | Rob Moir | @quux - that's a very good question actually. I've seen it discussed and generally accepted by the community in meta.stackoverflow on discussions surrounding closed questions but I can't find an actual authoritative source for it. Read Shog's answer here for an example of what I was talking about: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/288/… | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 16:52 | comment | added | quux | @Rob Moir - where is it explained that the closure of a question is the question author's cue to 1) fix the question through editing and then 2) ask in meta to have the question reopened? | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 12:59 | comment | added | Stefano | @RobMoir thanks for your comments. I understand better the reasons about quick closing, and not requiring comments. Maybe it could be made more clear in the FAQ/UI... | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 12:37 | comment | added | the-wabbit | Oh, as I see there is nothing new to be added, especially meta.stackexchange.com/questions/135/… has it all | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 12:23 | comment | added | Rob Moir | I'd agree that its nice to explain downvotes that are not "obvious", and I think it would be nice to post an explanation of the "clean up then post to meta dance" on closed, but salvageable questions (good luck reliably automating that) but overall I think we're in line with Stack Exchange's general codes of behaviour as far as I can tell. | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 12:19 | comment | added | Rob Moir | meta.stackexchange.com/questions/117266/… , meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66020/…, meta.stackexchange.com/questions/30255/… , meta.stackexchange.com/questions/30255/…, meta.stackexchange.com/questions/59736/… ... and many more... | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 12:19 | comment | added | MDMarra | meta.stackoverflow.com/search?q=Downvote+leave+comment | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 12:17 | comment | added | Rob Moir | As the OP should know if they're active on the meta for stack overflow, the feature you describe above has been asked for and turned down several times... which kinda suggests that requiring a comment for a downvote isn't "stack exchange etiquette" at all. As for questions getting closed too quickly, the concept of a close is that it should 'protect' a flawed question, giving the person who asked it a chance to fix it then ask in the site meta for it to be re-opened. That doesn't work too well on any SE site IIRC, but its the reason that a close and a delete are not the same thing. | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 12:15 | comment | added | the-wabbit | @MDMarra do you have links? I am not sure if I will take the time to do a posting at mSO, but if I do, I would like to make sure not to produce or encourage repetitions. | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 12:11 | comment | added | MDMarra | It's been discussed on mSO over and over. Basically, the feeling is that voting is the most important thing and they want to remove hurdles from voting. This is why question votes are free now, for example. You're certainly welcome to bring this up there, but you probably won't get the reaction that you want. | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 12:05 | comment | added | the-wabbit | @MDMarra Maybe there is. But if commenting is really something which is considered a necessity, the box should be more nagging (i.e. show up with higher rep too) and include the comment field as a further hint for people who do not read popups. | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 11:59 | comment | added | MDMarra | There is a box that suggests that you leave a comment when you downvote and have low rep | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 11:54 | comment | added | Stefano | It's very nice to see that all the answers are consistent and constructive! | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 11:08 | history | answered | the-wabbit | CC BY-SA 3.0 |