Timeline for Why is the Reopen queue invalidating tasks when a reopen vote (to reopen) comes in after an edit (by the reopen voter)?
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| Nov 4, 2017 at 1:41 | comment | added | Nathan Tuggy | Well, you'd basically need to give a convincing argument for why the current implementation, which appears to me to inevitably be a bug almost by definition, isn't. Simply describing the current behavior just means it can be accurately described, which doesn't get us beyond the steps-to-reproduce of any typical bug report. In particular, the crucial point is that someone wanting to make sure a question is reopened can, thanks to this bug, very easily instead make sure almost no one sees it to vote on reopening it. So naively voting can lead to the opposite of the desired effect. | |
| Nov 3, 2017 at 16:39 | comment | added | Pierre.Vriens | @NathanTuggy aha, now I get it (sorry for my reading-typo). Any suggestions to improve my answer (ie the last parg? FYI: I keep struggling with that current implementation, though I'm glad at least I know/learned how the current implementation is like. | |
| Nov 3, 2017 at 16:28 | comment | added | Nathan Tuggy | I said "baffling", not "baffing". That is, your conclusion (that this is not a bug) makes no sense, because the outcome is directly contrary to the reasonable expectation of what a vote labeled "reopen" should do. | |
| Nov 3, 2017 at 16:16 | comment | added | Pierre.Vriens | @NathanTuggy I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to say/communicate. Mostly because I wonder "What is baffing?" (sorry). I tried to translate it, but no luck ... Can you try again please? | |
| Nov 3, 2017 at 16:08 | comment | added | Nathan Tuggy | Your data gathering is good, but the conclusion is baffling. Why is it acceptable (not a bug) for a reopen vote to sometimes be more effective at preventing further reopen votes than a leave closed vote is? Voting to reopen should never invalidate the task unless the question is now actually open. Any other implementation is an indefensible bug. | |
| May 7, 2017 at 15:40 | vote | accept | Pierre.Vriens | ||
| Apr 28, 2017 at 15:02 | history | answered | Pierre.Vriens | CC BY-SA 3.0 |