Timeline for Should my answer cover every last possibility given the question?
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| Jun 5, 2011 at 10:25 | comment | added | Marc Gravell | @tejash actually it is +2-2=0, but that still means that Dvir has gained by posting it. And the comments discuss 2 different potential issues for others to read and decide whether it applies to them. All in all, that looks pretty healthy to me: via the comments, the "it works" is notes, the "but watch for this" is noted, and the poster (Dvir) has net gain.. | |
| Jun 5, 2011 at 10:19 | comment | added | tejash | one of example i noticed stackoverflow.com/questions/6241739/… Answer given by Dvir Azulay has been voted -1 before, but now its 0. Have a look | |
| Jun 5, 2011 at 10:09 | comment | added | Pekka | @tejash can you show a real life example? | |
| Jun 5, 2011 at 10:01 | comment | added | tejash | Yes you are right. But that depends on person how he understand some one's advise. Some one asked that he had a headache than you can suggest paracetamol, Normally you will not clarify that do not take 8 paracetamol if its 4 time worse than last time. So for a quick reply you are going to say use text posted through form and you provide some code snippet. But I guess we can not take granted other important items and we should describe importance of validating input or sql injection etc | |
| Jun 5, 2011 at 9:54 | comment | added | Marc Gravell | @tejash - but that applies to most of reality, not just internet-based programming sites. If there is enough context to see that something is a very bad idea, you would say, no? Like "I've got headache that is 4 times worse than the last one I had; last time I took 2 paracetamol and it got better; do you have 8 paracetamol please?" | |
| Jun 5, 2011 at 9:41 | vote | accept | tejash | ||
| Jun 5, 2011 at 9:38 | comment | added | tejash | Thanks Marc, you are right. Now I am quite clear on situation why those answers had been marked negatively. But I guess these message should be communicated clearly before new user start using system. Reason after that is, if someone just start participating forum, then it's really hard to make sure that your answer is not loaded gun without paying some specific attention on that. | |
| Jun 5, 2011 at 9:34 | comment | added | Billy ONeal | +1 for the last paragraph. I wish people would stop handing out those loaded guns though.... | |
| Jun 5, 2011 at 9:30 | history | answered | Marc Gravell | CC BY-SA 3.0 |