in reply to NodeReaper is quite unruly...

I posted an anonymous node in reply to some perl question. ... This, somehow, provoked inflamatory remarks to my post on part of NodeReaper. I think that this was totally unwarranted. I mean, I couldn't expect a responce more hostile than that made by the NodeReaper.

The NodeReaper is the visible end of a process that may not be entirely evident to newcomers. In this process, members of the community can submit a node to be "considered" for editing or deletion. (This is above and beyond the normal voting process.) A community-based voting process follows. Essentially, if a low-reputation post collects enough "delete" votes without collecting any "keep" votes, it gets reaped. Posts that collect enough "edit" votes get handled by a group of volunteer (and usually high-ranking) editors. A lot goes on behind the scenes to keep the Monastery tidy.

Nodes get considered for deletion for a number of reasons, and the process is hardly a rubber stamp. Several nodes with negative scores are kept around as lessons to others. (See Worst nodes.)

Your chances of having a node end up in the clutches of the NodeReaper depend on a number of things, including your reputation in the Monastery. Poor posts from Anonymous Monks do not get the same treatment as those from people who others have been posting for a while. The occassional turd that gets posted tends to be anonymous.

Stick with it. Ask good questions, give good answers, and keep your ears open.

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Re: Re: NodeReaper is quite unruly...
by c0d34w4y (Acolyte) on Dec 16, 2001 at 06:58 UTC
    Alright by me ;-).

    Just this last question if you wouldn't mind... Who's responsible for putting together comments on reaped nodes? Here's what (if I'm correct) I got in responce to my post on arrays.

    Am I right to assume that 'Fastolfe' is responsible for the reply? If yes, then why being so rude and inflamatory? Seems like in this old good saying: "A rat must have crawled up his ass and died...".. Geez... I couldn't even imagine the kind of 'hospitality' i'd come to experience on this site. There are numerous decent monks and only a few that spoil the place =/.

    I have nothing against pointing out and removing worthless nodes; however, this should be accomplished in a way befitting a reasonable adult. The comment I got from node reaper is such that I could find on www.fuckedcompany.com or a message board ran by a bunch of 10 year old kiddies.

    -- 
    print join(" ", map { sprintf "%#02x", $_ }unpack("C*",pack("L",0x1234
+5678)))

    [download]
[reply]
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      Fastolfe was responsible for suggesting that the reply to your node should be reaped. His comments are not in response to your post. Instead, they are directed at the original contents of the reply, which you can read here

      I suspect that you received a private message from root informing you that someone had replied to your post. Before you had the opportunity to read the original reply, it was reaped, and was replaced by Fastolfe's comments. My colleague can speak for himself, but I see no reason to believe his crack about "slashdot kiddies" was directed at you.

      It's stunningly less than obvious how this all works, so I will merely say that your assumption is incorrect. Hopefully things make more sense now.

[reply]
        Thank you ;-). It did make sense once I had read through the help pages.

        -- 
        print join(" ", map { sprintf "%#02x", $_ }unpack("C*",pack("L",0x1234
+5678)))

        [download]
[reply]
[d/l]

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