Ditch unanswered "quick questions ". Can this be done ?
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I am opinionated, so I have been told by many... I am not against technology, but... what's with all these (obviously )- an opinion - see above - LONG ABANDONED and UNANSWERED "quick answers" ? ( Obviously ) oxymoron title. I am not against keeping archive, but are all these unanswered "quick" questions worth keeping ? Make a managerial decision if the "quick" question DOES NOT have accepted answer after period of time , ditch it!
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I am opinionated, so I have been told by many... I am not against technology, but... what's with all these (obviously )- an opinion - see above - LONG ABANDONED and UNANSWERED "quick answers" ? ( Obviously ) oxymoron title. I am not against keeping archive, but are all these unanswered "quick" questions worth keeping ? Make a managerial decision if the "quick" question DOES NOT have accepted answer after period of time , ditch it!
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I am opinionated, so I have been told by many... I am not against technology, but... what's with all these (obviously )- an opinion - see above - LONG ABANDONED and UNANSWERED "quick answers" ? ( Obviously ) oxymoron title. I am not against keeping archive, but are all these unanswered "quick" questions worth keeping ? Make a managerial decision if the "quick" question DOES NOT have accepted answer after period of time , ditch it!
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if the "quick" question DOES NOT have accepted answer after period of time , ditch it!
I'd have to ask .. why? -Is it really worth going to the effort of writing and testing the code to delete them? - Not all questioners "Accept" a solution so straight away there are questions as to your thinking. - Not all questions end up with a solution because a member may have answered the question in a comment instead - this is a very frequent occurrence. So don't delete "unanswered" questions with comments? What if the comment is "please update your question with the code / error message / more detail" - how long is a "period of time"? One week, one month, one year? Does one size really fit all? Don't forget, you can report a question as "Unclear or Incomplete", "Off Topic" etc. Just convince 2 other members to do the same and the question will automatically be deleted.
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if the "quick" question DOES NOT have accepted answer after period of time , ditch it!
I'd have to ask .. why? -Is it really worth going to the effort of writing and testing the code to delete them? - Not all questioners "Accept" a solution so straight away there are questions as to your thinking. - Not all questions end up with a solution because a member may have answered the question in a comment instead - this is a very frequent occurrence. So don't delete "unanswered" questions with comments? What if the comment is "please update your question with the code / error message / more detail" - how long is a "period of time"? One week, one month, one year? Does one size really fit all? Don't forget, you can report a question as "Unclear or Incomplete", "Off Topic" etc. Just convince 2 other members to do the same and the question will automatically be deleted.
It's perfectly fine (for you) to ask why. But I am NOT interested in discussing my post. Everybody has a different view / opinion. If the forum "quick answers" is managed for purpose of keeping "statistics" / archive there is no point to discuss. What I do object is to have "discussions" and "quick answers" - two forums. What I see is that "quick answers" is just easy catch all. It must be difficult to post in proper "discussions" forum. So if it is the main forum, the "comments" format is goofy. (Just try to post real code there) Cheers
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It's perfectly fine (for you) to ask why. But I am NOT interested in discussing my post. Everybody has a different view / opinion. If the forum "quick answers" is managed for purpose of keeping "statistics" / archive there is no point to discuss. What I do object is to have "discussions" and "quick answers" - two forums. What I see is that "quick answers" is just easy catch all. It must be difficult to post in proper "discussions" forum. So if it is the main forum, the "comments" format is goofy. (Just try to post real code there) Cheers
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Vaclav_ wrote:
What I do object is to have "discussions" and "quick answers" - two forums.
That discussion was resolved years ago when Chris first created QA. See Code Project Quick Answers FAQ[^].
And brought back to present here[^]
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
