Timeline for What to do about comment misuse?
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| Jun 16, 2020 at 10:22 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Apr 28, 2018 at 22:44 | comment | added | doppelgreener Mod | @Wibbs Anecdotally, I seem to get a lot better responses when I say "Please don't answer in comments. Here's our policy on that." compared to when I used to say "Don't answer in comments." The first even sometimes gets a pleasant/appreciative response sometimes. | |
| Apr 28, 2018 at 18:33 | comment | added | Please stop being evil | This is the best thing to do for all site policies, not just answers in comments. It is helpful for new users to learn. | |
| Apr 28, 2018 at 16:32 | history | edited | Rubiksmoose | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 28, 2018 at 16:08 | history | edited | Rubiksmoose | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 27, 2018 at 21:17 | comment | added | KorvinStarmast | @Wibbs A few weeks ago, I started doing that "this looks like an answer" again in comments, and even added a few "please don't answer in comments" and have not yet seen push back. It will probably boil down to a 'case by case' thing. (And I do have the stomach for the push back, if it comes. :) ) | |
| Apr 27, 2018 at 21:15 | history | edited | V2Blast | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 27, 2018 at 20:42 | comment | added | Wibbs | @Rubiksmoose absolutely - I just don't have much of a stomach for that kind of nonsense :) | |
| Apr 27, 2018 at 20:35 | comment | added | Rubiksmoose | @Wibbs but isn't that the exact sort of thing that needs to happen? This is the policy and a very important part of the system. Certainly arguments in the comments are not good, but if the user thinks answering in the comments is correct, that is something that needs to be addressed. Getting the whole community on board and educated is the only viable solution to reducing or eliminating the issue. | |
| Apr 27, 2018 at 20:32 | comment | added | Wibbs | @mxyzplk I actually used to do that a lot more than I do now. The reason I've stopped is because more often than not a 'please don't answer in comments' comment will get an argumentative or defensive response from the author of the flagged comment | |
| Apr 27, 2018 at 18:50 | comment | added | mxyzplk Mod | Let me add - please, you as a user do this. Since we're handling 2000 flags, as mods we don't have the time we'd like to always leave comments when we delete inappropriate comments. When you flag a comment for deletion, if you also leave an instructional comment you are upping the likelihood it'll happen and relieving pressure on a small set of mods to always be doing it. | |
| Apr 27, 2018 at 18:14 | comment | added | Rubiksmoose | If people think this is splitting the vote or confusing the discussion I can delete this, but I do think that the rationale is important. | |
| Apr 27, 2018 at 18:11 | history | answered | Rubiksmoose | CC BY-SA 3.0 |