monkdiscuss
robartes
Having recently booboo'd by considering a node for deletion that in
hindsight should not have been considered (see [id://180874] as to why I
feel I should not have - it was OT, which is no reason to consider stuff for
deletion), I'd like to rehash the subject of consideration a bit.
<p>As the above mentioned node, and [id://17645|many] [id://92975|others]
touching on consideration, rightly state, consideration can lead to nodes
getting reaped, which is a very serious thing. I sure would not like seeing
one of my nodes vanishing in a puff of smoke, especially if I'm a new and
inexperienced monk still getting my feel for the monastery, and I don't
think anybody will disagree with me. Consideration is a serious thing
indeed.
<p>Unfortunately, I only read [id://180874] <em>after</em> I had considered
a node for deletion, which is of course too late. This leads me to my point:
is it technically possible to somehow force a "first time considerer" to
read that node before considering any nodes? And what is the monks feeling
about the desirability of such a contraption?
<p>Okay, one can make the point
that when a monk reaches [id://17645|friarhood], (s)he should have enough
of a feel for the procedures and culture of the monastery to act responsibly
and look for information on this kind of thing before using it, and that
certainly is a valid point. However, it is easy to miss information, be it
through laziness or just through the overwhelming amount of info that is
available (something to do with a forest and trees). I know that in my case, I did some searching around on consideration and found
some nodes on the various shapes and colours of the beast and how to use it responsibly, but as I said, I only came
across [id://180874] too late.
<p>Then again, having to read a node and click on some button before doing
an action might quickly degenerate into the usual "EULA acceptance"
behavior: click without reading. I dunno. Any opinions?
<p>CU<br>Robartes- <em>keeping his fingers off the consider button for a while</em>