Re: Format of Q&A Section

So, my point is... why can't the child nodes of the answers show up under the answers like in SOPW? To me this makes much more sense and might save some people from some mistakes.

I think what would be better and simpler is to simply have it the same as SOPW where it says the number of replies.

I also think that each individual answer ought to have a little bit more visual distinction. Just something minor to separate one answer from the next. It sort of runs together as it is now. Perhaps use the same section_title and post_head classes from the style sheet,

Alternately (or additionally), perhaps the rep of the answers could be permanently visible to everyone, so at least a reader can judge between the offered answers...

Disagree. IMO they should be reputed the same the same as normal nodes. If you think a particular answer is exceptional, upvote it and post a comment stating your opinion. Although this of course brings us back to the first suggestion of indicating that there is a reply.

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Re^2: Format of Q&A Section (yes) by tye (Sage) on Jul 16, 2003 at 04:08 UTC
Yes, the Q+A section is less polished than most of the other sections. A reply count would be great. (Part of the point of the section is to provide "finished" answers and not discussion so the content of replies usually gets merge back into answers, which is why the replies themself aren't shown and probably never will be). It'd also be nice to show the author more often (some views don't show such). But this will probably be fixed by making Q+A nodes owned by the author since I've found a work-around for the need of having them owned by a seperate user. That will simplify code in several places. Just haven't gotten around to finishing that task yet. The section should also be renamed so people are more likely to go there to find Perl FAQ answers. Thanks for the suggestions. - tye	[reply]
Re: Re^2: Format of Q&A Section (yes) by zby (Vicar) on Jul 16, 2003 at 10:34 UTC
content of replies usually gets merge back into answers - this can be a problem with answers full of critics. There should be some pressure on the author to do that - perhaps by a written instruction.	[reply]
Re^4: Format of Q&A Section (updates) by tye (Sage) on Jul 16, 2003 at 14:18 UTC
Authors can't do anything in categorized Q+A. Have you ever posted to the section? QandAEditors are supposed to do these things (and are the only ones who can). - tye	[reply]