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BillWoodruff26-May-13 15:48
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One important thing I should have mentioned, in my first message, based on my perception of the current state of the C# discussion forum, in comparison with the C# questions in Q&A:

The two types of forums, obviously, have a different structure.

In Q&A, you can ask the OP a question, or comment, via the 'Comment facility, and that attempt to clarify, focus, "frame," the OP's actual problem, and their intent in asking the question, is not an answer. And, if your rep permits, you can edit the OP's question.

That commenting process on Q&A (at best) can become a back-and-forth with the OP that helps result in a "good question," all without burning a tank of rep-solid-fuel to reach orbital velocity.

And, of course, the OP has the "power" to "anoint" a given Q&A answer as "The Answer," which smothers the now sanctified answer in reputation-glory.

In the C# discussion forum, every response at top-level to the OP's question gets #10 points (I'm not sure about responses to responses), and there's no editing for members (that I am aware of).

"So, what is the point, Bill, of your stating the obvious about the difference in discussion forums' and Q&A forums' structure ?"

The "blunt point" I would make is that the difference in structure is by design, and the two types of forums have different intended purposes.

The design is, imho, excellent, and if we allow the "conquest by fiat" of the specific technical discussion forums by narrow-focused "how do I do this" questions, and "quick-fix" answers (posted with the best of intentions), then I believe the "virtue" of the design is lost.

So, I, and, I suspect, others hesitate, on the C# forum, to ask clarifying questions.

The "blunt remedy" I propose, as a possibility, would be to let someone(s) with whatever number of combat-medals move posts from discussion forums to Q&A.

This message was written without using Complaint.com, GrassIsGreener.com, IKnowBetter.com, or Irritated.com: Hypothetical.com was used lightly Smile | :)

yours, Bill
“Humans are amphibians: half spirit, half animal; as spirits they belong to the eternal world; as animals they inhabit time. While their spirit can be directed to an eternal object, their bodies, passions, and imagination are in continual change, for to be in time, means to change. Their nearest approach to constancy is undulation: repeated return to a level from which they repeatedly fall back, a series of troughs and peaks.” C.S. Lewis

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