Timeline for Argh! nothing more annoying than a high voted answer that is completely wrong
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| Sep 11, 2014 at 11:14 | comment | added | Ramhound | @JamesRyan - Yes; I would agree attitudes likes yours is the reason people are leaving. | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 19:46 | comment | added | slhck Mod | @JamesRyan We've never talked about question quality here, and I'm sure it's quite decent on SU. Let me reiterate: If you think the answer is wrong, create your own and point out where the others are incorrect. It's not too late for that. Another alternative: talk to the poster of that answer on chat. Convince him that it should be fixed, if you think he's wrong and you're right. That's all a moderator can do here. | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 19:38 | comment | added | JamesRyan | @slhck ok so when everyone sits around whining about poor question quality and why knowledgable users are leaving. This is why. | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 19:33 | comment | added | slhck Mod | @JamesRyan Sorry to put it that bluntly, but I'm not going to look up any datasheets. I won't unilaterally decide whether something's correct or not. That's not how it works. If at all, you'd have to have multiple privileged users look at it. And you don't want to open that can of worms—just think about the enormous amount of time needed to review the technical accuracy of posts when we even struggle keeping the simple review queues clean, where the decision is much easier. If we had such a process, anyone could disagree with anything and require others to look at it. | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 19:06 | comment | added | JamesRyan | @slhck Look at the datasheet for the 2 cpus I mentioned and read their quoted TDP. Reading is not too technical for a moderator to do is it? Some questions might be too technical for you to judge but it doesn't have to be all or nothing - thieves can pick your locks but that doesn't mean you leave the door wide open when you leave the house. | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 17:35 | comment | added | slhck Mod | @JamesRyan Again, moderators cannot judge whether something is "significantly factually inaccurate". Especially in the case of something technically so complex. We're community moderators—we deal with people, their behavior, and we can usually determine quite well whether something is on topic (in case of questions) or acceptable as an answer (in case of answers), even without deep technical knowledge. We are not supposed to judge any more than that, on a technical level. | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 16:02 | comment | added | JamesRyan | Well one way might be to reset voting so an alternate answer stands a chance of being looked at. Or in an instance like this where it can be shown to be significantly factually inaccurate moderators should have a responsibility to arbitrarily delete it. IMHO misinformation is far more damaging than abusive content. | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 15:55 | comment | added | slhck Mod | @JamesRyan How do you suggest this should be done? From my experience, if you can make a good point with an answer of your own, over time this should float to the top, or the OP might accept that instead. Unless we have an "expert committee" that could decide something like this, I see absolutely no fair way of overruling any community voting. | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 15:48 | comment | added | JamesRyan | @slhck you are missing the point, there SHOULD be a mechanism to overrule misinformation that has got a bandwagon. I want to be on a site where experts can show that the world is curved and not be swamped by the idiocracy voting that it is flat. | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 15:40 | comment | added | slhck Mod | @JamesRyan You're missing the point.. there's nothing moderators will do (or can do) in such a case. Regardless of what Journeyan Geek thinks. I'm happy to ignore the technical content of this answer as long as it's attempting to answer the question. Downvote, post a comment explaining what's wrong, and post a better answer instead if you can. | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 15:33 | comment | added | JamesRyan | Completely is not at all extreme, my current quad core 3GHz i5 cpu has a TDP of 80W, as does my 2002 Athlon XP. You think these are of similar performance? | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 15:27 | history | edited | Journeyman GeekMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 10, 2014 at 15:22 | comment | added | JamesRyan | I'm free to stand in front of a train that I'm late for, it doesn't make it stop. The votes are already way too high. | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 15:21 | history | answered | Journeyman GeekMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |