Timeline for How to tackle the gray area in reviewing low-quality answers?
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| Jul 17, 2019 at 19:51 | comment | added | Jeff Schaller Mod | Perhaps the part that we're missing here is the decision about when to delete a post, separate from the LQP queue. Answers that have been commented on and possibly downvoted from the queue may eventually be deleted. I think the point of the LQP is to be something like a triage gate where NAA's are weeded out. | |
| Jul 17, 2019 at 19:47 | comment | added | Jeff Schaller Mod | I would also encourage you to think about treating long posts and one-liners the same in regards to addressing the question. Why would you delete a short & wrong answer but not delete a long & wrong answer? I would recommend keeping both and leaving a comment on both that points out the shortcomings or misinterpretation. Give the author a chance to correct the post or to delete it. | |
| Jul 17, 2019 at 19:46 | comment | added | Jeff Schaller Mod | My only adjustment here is that the LQP review privilege comes alongside the editing privilege, so if the only thing "wrong" with an Answer is some typos or missing formatting, I would encourage you to edit the post accordingly. Note that the queue's subtitle says "Identify, then improve or delete low-quality posts". | |
| Jun 29, 2019 at 18:45 | comment | added | Dmitry Grigoryev |
@sourcejedi It's about effort, which indeed correlates with length. If in the example you provided rsync is made a hyperlink to the man page, and the command is properly formatted, I'd be less inclined to vote to delete. If the very same answer comes up with no formatting whatsoever and a couple of typos, it wouldn't qualify for nice treatment.
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| Jun 27, 2019 at 9:54 | comment | added | fra-san | The effort put into answers is an interesting criterion and I feel it somehow has a role in shaping my opinion about keeping/deleting too. | |
| Jun 27, 2019 at 8:26 | comment | added | sourcejedi | "one-liner" meaning only that it is short? Or that it is short because it only has part of an answer? "You can ensure the rsync data is not corrupted in the network by using the rsync --checksum option" could be an one-line answer to a question, which is sufficient except for being wrong. | |
| Jun 27, 2019 at 7:17 | history | answered | Dmitry Grigoryev | CC BY-SA 4.0 |