I found in interesting bug today, I tried to delete one of my questions and it said 'sorry, this question has answers and cannot be deleted'. But, in fact, it only had one answer...
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15not really a bug just lack of a conditional statement for grammar - i dont think anyone minds too much– GrahamTheDevFeb 1, 2014 at 15:22
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21[status-too-minor-to-care]– DoorknobFeb 1, 2014 at 15:25
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6"Coming to Discovery Channel this spring: Man vs. Doorknob"– BartFeb 1, 2014 at 15:26
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10Obligatory: twitter.com/codinghorror/status/1165936105– Bill the LizardFeb 1, 2014 at 15:50
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11"Answers" is the correct word to use here. It's being used in the sense of "one or more answers."– user102937Feb 1, 2014 at 16:20
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I've seen such a 'bug' when a question is a duplicate: "This question already have an answer here [link to question] ...... 1 answers ."– MohammadFeb 1, 2014 at 16:41
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1Um, can things really be made a bit more worse?– LeeorFeb 1, 2014 at 16:43
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1Wait, why did you change your question...?– ArjanFeb 1, 2014 at 17:28
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3@Arjan: It's a bug: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/218315/…– ProgramFOXFeb 1, 2014 at 17:28
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1Easiest fix - Answer(s)– Ashley MedwayFeb 1, 2014 at 17:34
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@Ashley No it would read: this question has answer– MohammadFeb 1, 2014 at 17:57
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Suggested solution:
if(Request.Cookies["userID"]="The Wobbuffet")
throw new FaultException("Sorry, this question has ONE SINGLE Answer.");
else
throw new NormalException();
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3The whole world must share this solution, I am none but thou unhappiest :(– CilanFeb 1, 2014 at 16:32
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I would prefer if the whole text was changed to:
Sorry, this question has been answered and can not be deleted.
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1"has been answered" implies, to me, that it has an accepted answer. Also isn't it true that a question is only blocked from being deleted if it has at least one answer with a positive score? Personally, I think the current wording is just fine. If the grammar police can't figure out that "answers" actually means "one or more answers", shrug.– Aaron Bertrand StaffFeb 1, 2014 at 19:26
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@Aaron how does the current wording imply that the question has an answer with positive score? It just says has answers.– MohammadFeb 1, 2014 at 19:43
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I understand that. I'm not saying that your suggestion changes that, just that it also doesn't reflect the whole truth (and also note I said "Isn't it true?" - I don't even remember if that's the rule).– Aaron Bertrand StaffFeb 1, 2014 at 19:50
Not quite the same plural bug as ones before, but obligatory @CodingHorror status
Dear Next Person Who Opens a Pluralization 'Bug', I will personally come to your house and bludgeon you to death with a giant S
I suppose this could be fixed, but it seems rather unnecessary, even though it's a simple fix. Perhaps it would be better if it said "This question has one answers and cannot be deleted"
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I started writing it, then got sidetracked. I can delete it if you want Feb 1, 2014 at 17:27
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No worries, though the same reference was also already made in a comment, your "it seems rather unnecessary" is certainly true. (And for some reason the whole question just changed, but I guess that was an error... What a mess.)– ArjanFeb 1, 2014 at 17:30