Re^2: Is there an option to see the non answered questions?

Hello aaron_baugher,

You are absolutely right about that.

But, sometimes not often but some times I see unanswered questions for a few hours. This can happen if the module that the user is using is not commonly used or the question is not a programming question but more like a point that the user got stack and needs a lot of time for a monk to spend on the question search online and come up with an answer.

Unfortunately some times this can happen when people come and ask a question something like "I do not how to use this module please provide an example that I want to do this and that".

Of course this kind of questions they do not get answers, not straight away at least but I have found my self answering a couple of times this kind of questions.

The reason is that I am still learning and I am trying to expand my knowledge/way of thinking with any possible minor or major task. I am not here to gain experience points or reputation, I am here to try to answer questions that would require a bit of online searching and experimentation.

I mean, I know that people have been spending years and years with Perl so they know more than what I will learn ever, but a more difficult question is always a more "challenging" question = to more fun answering this question.

I am only a beginner, two years ago I started learning about programming so I am more interesting in learning how to think and approach more complicated problems and solve them more efficiently.

Again thank you for your time and effort reading and replying my question.

Seeking for Perl wisdom...on the process of learning...not there...yet!

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Re^3: Is there an option to see the non answered questions? by aaron_baugher (Curate) on Jun 02, 2015 at 08:11 UTC
You may be right; there may be more unanswered questions here than I think. It's an interesting idea, anyway, on how to locate them. The level of knowledge here, and the willingness of the top experts (well above my level) to quickly research things for the sake of helping others, is so high that I think any question they've been unable to answer would be well beyond the ability of a beginner. But there's certainly nothing wrong with trying, and who knows what you might learn in the effort. Aaron B. Available for small or large Perl jobs and *nix system administration; see my home node.	[reply]
Re^4: Is there an option to see the non answered questions? by thanos1983 (Parson) on Jun 02, 2015 at 08:23 UTC
Exactly this is my point of view. Some times I might need more than the average time to answer a question, so I find it more interesting to spend time in a hard thinking question than a question that has already 4-5 answers under 5 minutes of posting the question. Well this is just a suggestion, and I can understand why people do not want to spend time to some questions if they take more than 10 minutes to answer. So I have different target to answer these questions instead of the sort ones. Any way this is just a suggestion, maybe it will get implemented maybe not. Thank you for your time and effort answering my question. Seeking for Perl wisdom...on the process of learning...not there...yet!	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Is there an option to see the non answered questions? by mr_mischief (Monsignor) on Jun 02, 2015 at 19:11 UTC
Some sites are built primarily as question and answer sites. They have a software feature to allow the person asking a question to mark it as answered or to select the best answer. That seems to work very well for those sites. Stack Overflow is probably the best-known example of that kind of question-and-answer site. Perlmonks is more of a discussion site. Questions prompt conversations and often more questions. There is no "this answers my question" button. Such a feature may or may not be welcome here. I don't know. It could be very helpful for your intended purpose but at what cost? Costs would include retrofitting that sort of feature into the code and potential watering down of the discussion aspect of the site. I think it could be enlightening to compare and contrast the style of discourse on Stack Overflow with that of PM's Seekers of Perl Wisdom. Both have their place I suppose, but I'd prefer to keep the style PM currently has.	[reply]