Timeline for Turbocharging the Roomba: solutions for premature deletion
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| Mar 26, 2013 at 17:25 | comment | added | Shog9 | I have to be honest, I'm not overly concerned about the ability of folks to find this stuff right now; in general, if they forget it exists that's just as well. In specific scenarios, it might be useful to give them a link - otherwise, it's more important that folks who still have a link are able to find out what happened. @RobH | |
| Mar 26, 2013 at 17:16 | comment | added | RobH | One way to get such links would be to add a new "Deleted" tab that appears only if the user has deleted (or recently deleted) questions. (Maybe it could also appear for users who posted answers to deleted questions to give them a chance to go in and salvage their content for possible later reuse.) Yes, it entails a mod of the user interface, but IMHO, it would improve things with regard to deleted questions. | |
| Mar 26, 2013 at 17:00 | comment | added | Shog9 | That's a more specific scenario, and I think makes for a better action item... Why not warn folks who go to post a question if their previous question(s) have been poorly-received? Forget deletion - if UserX's previous question was closed or heavily down-voted, give him a little reminder when he hits /questions/ask to the tune of, "Your previous question, 'How do I shave my dog as a programmer?', was closed - please review it for guidance on avoiding such problems this time around." | |
| Mar 26, 2013 at 16:45 | comment | added | Nicol Bolas | @Shog9: "I don't think pinging someone about a question they've ignored for >= 1 week is going to help." That would only be true if they never come back. Is automatically dropping them a note something that expensive that it needs to be avoided? People should know when they've had actions taken against their content. Even if it takes them a month or two to come back; if they drop in with a new question, they should see that their old one was rejected so that they don't do it again. | |
| Mar 26, 2013 at 16:20 | comment | added | Shog9 | Moderators can ensure that users do get notified by leaving a comment prior to deletion. It might be worth expanding this functionality to comments from other users in some situations, but I don't think pinging someone about a question they've ignored for >= 1 week is going to help. I think making closed questions slightly less visible could be reasonable - not sure if the front page is that important, but tag pages and /questions might benefit. | |
| Mar 26, 2013 at 15:41 | history | answered | Nicol Bolas | CC BY-SA 3.0 |