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Perhaps we should have a Report items that you could report it to move the post as well to Quick Question?
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Well, IMHO the reporting system is kinda wonky. Currently, if someone responds to a message before it's removed, the thread stays behind (with the text of the original message removed). To me, that's unsettling and pointlessly clutters the Lounge.
I think the verbage of the text at the top of the page as well as limited repeated reinforcement of the idea is the best approach.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I thought the admin could move the whole discussion to SoapBox (which might also be a report thing), I don't remember seeing anything og the thread then?
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But why involve the admin until it's absolutely necessary?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I think you misunderstand, if they can move everything, it must be possible to write a program that could do it with reports.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: the instructions at the top of the page are pedantically vague
Let's fix them then. What would you suggest?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Well, fixing text quickly obviously seems to break your grammar skills:
"Technical discussions are encouraged, but click here to ask your programming question"
Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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I just came here to say that.
I hate bad grammar. Not that I am a master at it myself, though.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Thanks
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Well for a starter:
For lazing about and discussing anything in a software developer's life that takes your fancy. It invites us to ask anything we fancy. Which would include programming questions. It would seem extra perfect if you're not really sure how to categorize your question.
And then it continues with:
The Lounge is rated PG ... Oops, an EULA.
Here you lost 98% of the readers.
So my suggestion would be a bit of a reordering:
For lazing about and discussing anything in a software developer's life that takes your fancy except programming questions.
Technical discussions are encouraged, but if you have a programming question click here.
The Lounge is rated PG. If you're about to post something you wouldn't want your kid sister to read then don't post it. No flame wars, no abusive conduct, no programming questions and please don't post ads.
Question is how much difference it'll make, if any?
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Question is how much difference it'll make, if any?
We'll find out.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Maybe I am the different guy here, but is this really an issue ? How annoying is it to simply answer "Go get ask your question in Q&A, you're wrong here" and that would be it ...? It is not as if the majority of lounge posts were programming questions. It already happened to me to ask a question on a wrong forum somewhere, and I'd been pissed to read ten answers stating "Learn to read","RTFM","Can't you read the post above first" etc...
Seriously, I work in the country of order and everything-must-be-straight, but even here we would not have such a behavior towards someone doing something wrong...
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Gotta to agree with you on "The learn to read" etc stuff.
I'm actually embarrassed when people post that.
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I doubt the rules-sticky is really the cause as I doubt the people who post the offending items even read it. I think we'd be better off with another type of report to add to the existing abuse &spam ones- reporting it as beining in the wrong place, this won't necessarily count against the OP, but will flag to admins that they should consider moving it.
I like the warning popup BTW.
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I think the time has come for a little brush up of the role icons. To me, they somehow look both similar and inconsistent. Yes, yes, t'is possible.
The protector or admin 'bobs' are quite fine, whereas the new professional icon seems rather ... gross compared to them (the orange is deeper, there is a black outline).
I think the normal user icon is getting too ... web 1.0-ish.
The mvp is really close to the protector, maybe too close.
Not that this is of first importance, I know... Maybe an idea for a contest ?
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Personally I would prefer BOB in business casual as icon for professional
cheers,
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Looks like your wish has been fullfilled.
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Toga! Toga! ToooooGAAAAAA!
I like the mentor one....
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What is a mentor, again ?
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I think it's like being the milk monitor at school. 
It turns out mentors help others create new articles - Sauce[^] I thought I got the badge as I tend to try to help people get their question right rather than the then more frequent "This question is carp - report/delete" approach.
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Keith Barrow wrote: then more frequent "This question is carp - report/delete" approach.
So you did not want the MVP status ?
I am already out, don't throw stones.
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Rage wrote: So you did not want the MVP status ?
I'd get a perverse sense of satisfaction out of it - if I'd been awarded it I'd assume it wasn't worth having. Not that it's ever likely, I write too few articles (which really count) and refuse to engage he who should not be named.
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You're like Groucho Marx: I don’t want to belong to any club that would accept me as one of its members.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I have noticed that all the Latest best picks are actually old articles. It's even funny to see the Best November 2014 article in the list of best picks, having been "first posted" on 23 Jan 2015. How an article published in 2015 could win a 2014 competition?
I already saw that situation in the past, but in my opinion that bug is purposely being abused, as only the 5th article in the latest best picks is actually new.
What bothers me the most is that I wanted to know what are the real latest best picks to take a look at them!
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It's not what you think it is. Look at the revisions. They go back to 5-Nov-14. The real bug is the First Posted On date is wrong!
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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