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| Comment | Post #278752 |
Similarly, "formula" is another garbage tag which is way too generic and ambiguous. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278752 |
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| Edit | Post #278752 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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A: Renaming sheets to the more specific google-sheets? Google Sheets isn't a company name, it's a product name. A tag called google-sheets is perfectly fine. Google doesn't market this product as "Sheets", they market it as "Google Sheets". What is not OK is using the tags "google" and "sheets" together. That's one of the issues that the company name ... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278728 |
Mandatory pun: should we start over with a clean sheet? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278648 |
@Alexei This post could be used in the long term too. I don't think we should change anything unless there's strong community consensus, whatever that means in practice (+5 score?). If something is updated, a moderator might want to leave an edit comment in the answer along the lines of: "Status-com... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278708 |
I think this is a hypothetical question since there's almost always something to say about code if enough of it is posted. If that isn't the case, well, _why_ is it fine? This or that is good practice, so point that out. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278698 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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A: Community feedback: What type of questions can I ask here? I propose that the following is added as off-topic: Off-topic - Questions with artificial requirements and no practical use, including code golf and code obfuscation. This also covers artificial homework requirements that "ban" the use of certain common language features when writing the progra... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278658 |
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| Comment | Post #278666 |
Yeah good call, the actual core of the site is missing. I liked my definition from the previous discussion thread: "Specific programming problems, where the poster includes their own attempts to solve or debug the problem." But the proposed change in this answer works too. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278649 |
@r~~ No the intention is to not allow questions of the nature "Which language is fastest, C# or Java?". With no specifics or "best" criteria what-so-ever. "Fastest" in this case could mean a whole lot of things. But if the question goes into details about differences of lets say the underlying VM on... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278653 |
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| Edit | Post #278658 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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A: What's the difference between null pointers and NULL? There are three different, related concepts that are easy to mix up: - null pointers - null pointer constants - the NULL macro Formal definitions The first two of these terms are formally defined in C17 6.3.2.3/3: > An integer constant expression with the value `0`, or such an expressio... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278657 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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What's the difference between null pointers and NULL? Someone told me that I shouldn't write "NULL pointer" with capital letters, because a null pointer and NULL are different terms. And that NULL is a "null pointer constant". What's the meaning of this? Does this have anything to do with some systems allowing a different representation of the null p... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #277235 | Question closed | — | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277235 | Question reopened | — | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277235 | Question closed | — | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277235 |
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| Comment | Post #278648 |
We may also assume that the poster of each answer is in favour of that proposal. We can't vote on our own posts, so imagine that there is an invisible +1 vote on each proposal posted :) (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278653 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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A: Community feedback: What type of questions can I ask here? I propose that the following is added: > On-topic > > - questions asking for code review that follow [the site policies for the code review category]. Where [the site policies for code reviews] is a link to a separate help page: > When posting a code review, please post it under the specif... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278651 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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A: Community feedback: What type of questions can I ask here? > On-topic > > - questions about SQL programming > > ... > > Off-topic > > - questions about database administration I propose that these two are changed to clarify that we allow questions about database design and questions regarding the use of specific DBMS (MySQL, Oracle etc): > ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278650 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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A: Community feedback: What type of questions can I ask here? > On-topic > > - questions dealing with how to write software documentation I propose that a note about tool use is added: > On-topic > > - questions dealing with how to write software documentation or how to use tools for that purpose The intention is to clarify that things like Doxygen... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278649 |
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| Edit | Post #278649 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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A: Community feedback: What type of questions can I ask here? >On-topic > > - questions about best practices as long as enough detail is provided to answer using external references or expertise consensus I propose that this should be re-phrased: >On-topic > > - non-subjective questions about best practices with a well-defined "best" criteria, where t... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278628 |
@Alexei I made a feedback post [here](https://software.codidact.com/questions/278648). Hopefully we can centralize discussion about specific items there and update once there seems to be a strong consensus. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278648 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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Community feedback: What type of questions can I ask here? There is a new page What type of questions can I ask here? (found under Help -> Guidance.) I'll quote it as whole below, for convenience. Please give feedback on specific items in the list that you agree or don't agree with and post a proposed change, so that the community can vote agree/disagree ... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278628 |
For example, I disagree with "asking to explain what a certain code does" as off-topic. These should be fine most of the time, long as they are narrow enough. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278628 |
I was rather hoping that we can break out individual rules of my draft in answers, vote for them, then edit the question until we come up with some manner of consensus. Because by looking at votes on the question, it's hard to tell what specific items people agree or disagree with. Maybe we can creat... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278624 |
Well, if it is off-topic then we have to define what's off-topic or not. "Where do I buy..." ought to be off-topic, or "Where to download...", or "Where to find documentation..." I think those are the main reasons for the corresponding rule on SO. "Which is best, x or y, given specification..." is pr... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278606 |
Yep, looks good as far as I'm concerned :) If tool recommendations are to be off-topic, we should probably come up with some examples of on-topic/off-topic and place such in the community help. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278606 |
Pretty sure it would be closed on SO, they have very low tolerance for "which tools exist". Though if that phrase is simply changed to "how to document SQL DDL" then it should be under the (supposedly) broader scope of this site, which includes software documentation questions and also perhaps "what'... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #277235 |
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| Edit | Post #277235 |
Post edited: Clarified what kind of tool-related questions that would be on-topic. |
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| Edit | Post #277235 |
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| Comment | Post #278606 |
The question is if tool recommendation questions are on-topic or off-topic to begin with. This [draft proposal](https://software.codidact.com/questions/277235), which is arguably not community consensus (yet) would have made this question off-topic, for the reason "Off-topic: Recommendation questions... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278591 |
I've repeatedly pushed for giving this kind of feedback in private channels, rather than in public comment fields etc. Humans are much more likely to respond well to critique if given in private. We all have lots of experience from SE; what did not work out there was "public shaming as moderation too... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278470 |
@Alexei That was a proposal for a _Software Engineering site_ similar to the one on Stack Ex. Notably, it lists "Implementing, trouble-shooting or explaining specific code" as off-topic, because that would make the scope too dang huge. Now the current site here is both the "Software Engineering" and... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278470 |
I would have preferred site proposition -> scope -> posting rules -> temporary moderator nominations -> launch, so that we had a chance to truly make something better than SO. Now, it is very far from what was discussed on the old forums last winter. It is what it is. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278470 |
@r~~ The problem is rather that you get all manner of whale enthusiasts joining too - marine biologists, anti-whaling enthusiasts, whale hunters and a couple of bird watchers. If the bird watchers are numerous and loud enough, then that's what you'll end up with instead. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278560 |
I'm flattered, thank you, but not interested in a moderator position. (more) |
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