Suggestions for sifting programming questions

Tom Archer

Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: ...before a new thread is addded to the forum, check if it has { and }. If it does, tell the poster it looks like a programming question, and ask him if it is Yeah Maunder. Get on that artificial intelligence language processing piece straight away. And while you're up, snag me a coke from the fridge, will ya? Thanks mate.

feline_dracoform

we just bribe shog to upgrade his script so that all threads that look like programming questions are wrapped in strike through tags. this way you can ignore these threads when scanning down the board looking for things to read :-D zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness

Vikram A Punathambekar

Scanning text for the presence of { and } shouldn't be too difficult. ;) Cheers, Vikram.

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Bob X

-Why bother sifting questions? People have fun bugging people who put programming questions in the lounge. -Pop-up windows would be very annoying for regular posters.

Bob X

Nice Pic! :-D

David Crow

Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: Any suggestions as to how we can further reduce the number of programming questions? Given that humans are involved, there is nothing that can be done to minimize the frequency. Think about how many rules/laws exist today that go unenforced. The lawmakers just keep making more of them like that is going to solve the problem. My suggestion is that if it bothers you (in the general sense), just look the other way. What's alarming is the number of responses such a post gets. Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: I have one - before a new thread is addded to the forum, check if it has { and }. If it does, tell the poster it looks like a programming question, and ask him if it is. If he says Yes, redirect him to the message boards. If not, continue with the posting operation. Checking for braces might not spot all programming questions, but it will certainly spot a fair chunk of them. Way too many false-positives.

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Vikram A Punathambekar

DavidCrow wrote: My suggestion is that if it bothers you (in the general sense), just look the other way. What's alarming is the number of responses such a post gets. No, programming questions in the Lounge don't leave me depressed. :) I only think "Oh oh, here comes a barrage of bullets" and quickly tell the tyro he's in the wrong forum politely. However, I completely understand that he's done something stupid, and also completely understand why others might get pi$$ed. It's just that I simply choose not to flame him. :shrug: DavidCrow wrote: What's alarming is the number of responses such a post gets. :-D Cheers, Vikram.

http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." — gantww.

Vikram A Punathambekar

I notice the sincerity meter is quite high. ;P Cheers, Vikram.

http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." — gantww.

Bob X

Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: DavidCrow wrote: What's alarming is the number of responses such a post gets. People want to bug people who do not get the message and put programming questions where they do not belong.

Arch Stanton

Make a public example out of the next one to do it. Torture, wierd stuff. Dvorak keyboards, TI-Basic, thumb screws. Make them scream. ....or just start removing access to the Lounge for accounts that do that too often.

Luis Alonso Ramos

Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: True. I never claimed my method would spot all programming questions. First of all, is Visual Basic programming? ;P -- LuisR

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Luis Alonso Ramos

Score: 5.0 (25 votes). Wow!! that must be a record for a not-please-vote post!! :laugh: -- LuisR

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David Wulff

:cool:

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Andy Brummer

I'd have voted for it 3 or 4 times if Bob would have let me.

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