Re: Considering "no effort" questions

I was considering considering this node when I first saw it also, but really wasn't sure if it was the right thing to do. I think my feeling on this is, if it adds to the community, then it should be approved.

This one appears to be a legitament question, no matter how little effort it shows, I think it should stay. If you don't like it, then you can -- it, but I don't think you should take the information that is in the replies away from the community.

- Tom

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Re: Re: Considering "no effort" questions by Wassercrats (Initiate) on Nov 23, 2003 at 04:06 UTC
I agree with pg. In fact, I'd keep it even if it weren't interesting. I even think there should be a section for general discussion that might not even involve Perl. I don't see how that would hurt, and it would probably attract more users and donations. I've found that the ++ -- system is abused, but it does allow people who don't feel like typing to make a point...or at least a vote. With a voting system, deleting imperfect posts makes even less sense. Here is the most applicable of the "recommended usages for the consideration feature": Request that a node be deleted. Please only do this for blatant trolls (egregiously offensive) and true duplicates (where a post consisting of "I gave the same answer as some other monk but was slower" is not a duplicate). For useless, stupid, off-topic, and annoying nodes: if it is a root node, then don't approve it for any section; if it is a reply, just ignore it. I don't want to sound like I think there should be a voting system, but if there must be one, the rule that says "Each time you use all of your votes in a given day you will receive an experience point bonus" should be eliminated. That rule probably explains why I've received ++'s for ordinary questions that I've asked.	[reply]

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Re: Re: Considering "no effort" questions
by Wassercrats (Initiate) on Nov 23, 2003 at 04:06 UTC

Here is the most applicable of the "recommended usages for the consideration feature":

Request that a node be deleted. Please only do this for blatant trolls (egregiously offensive) and true duplicates (where a post consisting of "I gave the same answer as some other monk but was slower" is not a duplicate). For useless, stupid, off-topic, and annoying nodes: if it is a root node, then don't approve it for any section; if it is a reply, just ignore it.

I don't want to sound like I think there should be a voting system, but if there must be one, the rule that says "Each time you use all of your votes in a given day you will receive an experience point bonus" should be eliminated. That rule probably explains why I've received ++'s for ordinary questions that I've asked.

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