Thoughs on the question delete ui/process
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I decided that this question[^] wasn't a good question so I hit delete. the question has now disappeared. (I'm assuming site mods still have some access to it and it's not really fully deleted from the database) I think perhaps deleting might be better implemented as a softer delete where the question is labelled as deleted but is still visible (possibly only when navigated to directly, and not showing up in the usual search results), and no more answers are accepted, but the deleter is still able to post a message to the OP to explain why the question was deleted. In this case I have no way of telling the OP how he should improve his question for next time. Also, perhaps deleting should be a vote based action, requiring consensus from several members before the question is deleted. (On the same subject, perhaps some guidelines on when 'delete' should be used - was this a good candidate for delete, or should I have just voted down?)
Simon
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I decided that this question[^] wasn't a good question so I hit delete. the question has now disappeared. (I'm assuming site mods still have some access to it and it's not really fully deleted from the database) I think perhaps deleting might be better implemented as a softer delete where the question is labelled as deleted but is still visible (possibly only when navigated to directly, and not showing up in the usual search results), and no more answers are accepted, but the deleter is still able to post a message to the OP to explain why the question was deleted. In this case I have no way of telling the OP how he should improve his question for next time. Also, perhaps deleting should be a vote based action, requiring consensus from several members before the question is deleted. (On the same subject, perhaps some guidelines on when 'delete' should be used - was this a good candidate for delete, or should I have just voted down?)
Simon
Simon P Stevens wrote:
In this case I have no way of telling the OP how he should improve his question for next time.
Well, why not just tell about all the issues to user via a comment first and then delete the question? This way, you can convey OP about how to improve the question next time and also delete the current one.
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Simon P Stevens wrote:
In this case I have no way of telling the OP how he should improve his question for next time.
Well, why not just tell about all the issues to user via a comment first and then delete the question? This way, you can convey OP about how to improve the question next time and also delete the current one.
Exactly.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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Exactly.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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Simon P Stevens wrote:
In this case I have no way of telling the OP how he should improve his question for next time.
Well, why not just tell about all the issues to user via a comment first and then delete the question? This way, you can convey OP about how to improve the question next time and also delete the current one.
Then there is no way for the OP to respond. The discussion is one way. And what about if other people disagree with the delete.
Simon
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Then there is no way for the OP to respond. The discussion is one way. And what about if other people disagree with the delete.
Simon
Simon P Stevens wrote:
Then there is no way for the OP to respond. The discussion is one way.
Generally, this case of delete's happen with new users or users doing spam. Further, I am not sure what would an OP respond to our comments for such thing. (Might be: 'Ok', 'I will not do it again', etc). As long as the message is conveyed to OP, that should do.
Simon P Stevens wrote:
And what about if other people disagree with the delete.
Well, I guess thats why delete is reputation based and enabled for high rep people. It leads to an assumed that the person that has deleting power is sensible enough and would do right thing.