On 19 October 2016 at 08:19, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've posted about this before but I just saw it again today and it > makes me sad. For whatever strange reason, Askbot comes with a "Closed > for the following reason the question is answered, right answer was > accepted" option. This is *completely* antithetical to the idea of > building a high-value store of useful information. > > I guess it might make sense for a helpdesk-style system where we expect > each issue to be a one-off, but that's not generally the case here. > > At the same time, I don't blame users/moderators for hitting this > button, because its very presence suggests that it's the right thing to > do. Can we: > > a. reopen all questions closed this way > > and > > b. remove the option and make sure it doesn't come back? > Matthew, Here is the problem.. the ask code is not really 'known' by core infrastructure. It was set up by interested parties who seem to have gotten busy with other things. Currently we are having a hard enough time keeping it from barfing its guts up every day and it is becoming another bittorrent or asterisk server... yes people use it and want more about it.. but it really isn't possible. I know this will make you even more sad, but that is the truth of the matter. We need to look at doing more than just a patch and answer fix. -- Stephen J Smoogen. _______________________________________________ infrastructure mailing list -- infrastructure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to infrastructure-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
