Timeline for Should comments like "this belongs on EE.SE" be deleted?
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| May 27, 2015 at 16:35 | comment | added | user16 | @RussellMcMahon - Likewise, you need to be explicitly clear in why you are flagging something when it comes to migration. By design, mods are not expected to read a post and answer(s) and comment(s) thoroughly before taking action. The person raising the flag is expected to call out what needs attention and why. The migration flag you rose on that particular post did not make it clear that it still needed to be migrated. | |
| May 27, 2015 at 16:30 | comment | added | user16 | @RussellMcMahon - Your statement of "AND THAT items flagged for admin attention should be ignored and that no action needs to be taken." is incorrect. Flagging a post and requesting a migration is the correct thing to do instead of leaving a comment about where something belongs. Until the site graduates, it will require mod intervention to migrate. The mods do not scour every comment left on the site so extending commentary discussion about where a question belongs is fairly futile. | |
| May 27, 2015 at 2:06 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | @Air - re your query about timing of move request. -> I have many SE accounts & tend to open up tabs in a group of SE areas, open up tabs based on what I see and then work along them. I may not know what comes from where initially. I tend to be more than usually oblivious in matter such as politics, procedures, rep, normal format, proper use of xxx ... and the like. My key interest is seeing people get good answers to their questions and the rest enters my consciousness to a variable extent. I care about "correct location" as it impacts user experience, but even that is not my primary focus. | |
| May 27, 2015 at 2:00 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | @GlenH7 Noted. My point is based on the meta discussions that suggest that comments re "wrong forum" should be ignored and deleted AND THAT items flagged for admin attention should be ignored and that no action needs to be taken. | I'd have hoped, albeit probably forlornly, that flagging a question like this as belonging on SE EE would need no explanation but rather more like a "Well SMH yes, how did we miss that one, I'll migrate it now" reaction. Not what's going to happen any time soon, it seems. | |
| May 26, 2015 at 17:11 | comment | added | user16 | I'm trying to understand the primary point of your answer here. If something belongs on EE.SE, then flag it for moderator attention. Within the flag text, clearly request it to be migrated and explain why it's a good fit for the other site. Back and forth commentary within a post isn't helpful as it doesn't raise the matter to anyone who can do something about migrating things. Given the increased likelihood of nuisance cross-posts, I don't see anything in this answer to indicate why we should keep comments similar to "This belongs on EE.SE" | |
| May 26, 2015 at 16:19 | comment | added | Air Mod | I'm curious, why did you wait to raise a flag for migration until your second answer had been upvoted and accepted? Were you unaware that network policy is to avoid migrating answered questions "unless they are of extremely good quality and risk deletion on their current site?" | |
| May 26, 2015 at 16:05 | comment | added | hazzey Mod | It seems like the system worked; the correct answer is the up-voted one. The user was helped, but I'm not sure that it is obvious from the question that it is about the the proper use of a multimeter. | |
| May 26, 2015 at 15:49 | history | answered | Russell McMahon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |