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Just talked to Chris about this and he thinks it's a good idea. So that means I'll add it to the TODO.
The reason I was initially hesitant is because we don't want to put too many items in the menu and I thought the important of this was on par with or below other items we once had.
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Suppose there is a question in QA. Somebody then posts an answer, but I notice it is incorrect and I post the correct answer. It would be nice if I could "nudge" the author (e.g., have CP send them an email) of the original answer so they know to review the changes I made to their answer and the answer I added. Naturally, there'd have to be some restrictions.
1) Only somebody who posts an answer should be able to perform a nudge.
2) An answer author should only be nudged once since the last change was made to the question (question edited, answer edited, answer added, post added).
3) Maybe allow the nudger to add a note to the notification.
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Interesting.. I'll suggest it to the team.
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The point is that if someone posts an incorrect answer you can either edit that answer to make it correct, or if you want to leave the dead body lying around, edit the original answer to say "Incorrect because of..." and post your own answer as an alternate answer. cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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In the article revision list a message box appears, when more than two checkboxes are selected.
This is OK, but it would be more comfortable, when the message box appears after clicking the Compare button.
When I walk through the revisions, I want by force of habit first select the new revison and then deselect the third, not needed revision.
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1.When in editing mode, specially when writing a new post or question...CP should take advantage of onbeforeunload js event. I mean that if you're closing the window without submitting it will ask for confirmation.
2. Create a watermark for preview. What happened last that I wrote a big post and clicked preview...then I got busy in some other work and when came back I didn't realize its preview and I closed the tab. And that hurts you know
3. Add Toolbar in quick answers editor, like in other CP editors
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I like 1 and 2. I'll suggest it to the team.
Not sure what you toolbar you're refering to. The editor we're using is the same as that used for creating forum messages. We have another editor for articles but there are a number of problems with. We actually used to use this editor for Quick Answers but no more..
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It looks like it is just used to fill up the space. Not suggesting anything instead of that and this is not even remotely a bug. I just got to see that first time today so brought to your notice. It is lying under "My Posts" link.
"No matter how many fish in the sea; it will be so empty without me." - From song "Without me" by Eminem
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Sorry I'm not following..
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I am sorry I have never worked with UI. But I seriously feel that "Got a Question? Get a Quick Answer." is out of place. It seems it is merely a filler with no real purpose. I may be wrong I can blame my no UI experience for that. I would be happy if someone can explain why that text is there on the mentioned location.
Sorry for not being clear. I hope I am now.
"No matter how many fish in the sea; it will be so empty without me." - From song "Without me" by Eminem
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Ahh I see it now. You're right. We'll fix it very shortly!
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My fault. It seemed like a good idea at the time. The time being way after midnight with a couple of glasses of good red under the belt.
With daylight comes a new perspective.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Check out this question. I think everybody (including the author) can agree that it should be deleted. However, I think there is a rule that says any question having 3 or more answers cannot be deleted. While this seems like a good idea most of the time, there should be a way to delete these questions that are of little value. Here is one way to enable that...
When there are 3+ answers, replace the "Delete" button with a "Vote to Delete" button. Once the number of votes is high enough (higher than the number of answers?), take some action. Perhaps just delete the question. Or maybe send a notification on the CP staff that they should decide whether to delete it or not. Or maybe the rank of a user (gold, platinum, etc.) gives them the ability to finalize the delete (i.e., the above question would require 3+ votes to delete and one of them would have to be by a platinum member or two would have to be by a gold member). Anyway, there's a bunch of ways that could work, but it seems like there should be some sort of automation to get rid of those questions.
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We do have a task to implement a "Vote to delete" feature. And we're considering some automation around it as well. Though we also have flagging capability already implemented - just like for regular articles. It's at the top of the view page of a question next to Print, Share, Bookmark etc.
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Thiru Thirunavukarasu wrote: Though we also have flagging capability already implemented
Thanks for the tip!
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I couldn't help but bursting into a giggle when I tried you "this question" link after reading this thread... :P
//L
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Hahaha! Nice catch!
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I've experienced several occasions where I post and answer, and the OP has been required to respond in some way to correct an ambiguity in their question, or ask for more details. Every time so far they have responded by posting their own Answer to their own Question.
Perhaps it could be made clearer where comments and additional info can be posted (in the forum part at the bottom). It might also be nice to have a direct reply button on each Answer, (that possibly created a post in the forum below that was linked in some way).
Also so extra email notification on changes and new messages. For example if I post an answer to a question, it would be good to know if the OP (or anyone I suppose) posts a message in the forum, as that post may often be an additional question related to my answer. Perhaps the ability to reply directly to answers would assist this.
[For example - see this question[^] where (at the time of writing) the OP has posted several responses as answers despite my message in the forum to indicate otherwise]
Simon
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You're absolutely right!
So.. there's nothing wrong with posting an answer to your own question as long as it's actually an answer to the question. E.g.:
Q: "When was generics introduced to C#"
A: ".NET 2.0"
But clarifications and dicusions about the question or any answers should be accomplished via the discussion board at the bottom.
What's we're planning to do is attach a discussion board to each answer in addition to the question. It will be placed directly beneath the question/answer instead of at the bottom of the page. We'll try and make this as clear as possible and when it should be used.
We'll also be implementing a subscription mechanism that will allow you to follow questions for which you have answered.
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Thiru Thirunavukarasu wrote: discussion board to each answer
Thiru Thirunavukarasu wrote: directly beneath the question/answer instead of at the bottom of the page
Thiru Thirunavukarasu wrote: subscription mechanism
All sounds good.
Keep up the great work.
Simon
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