Timeline for Clarification for Reviewing Short Posts
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| May 27, 2015 at 20:58 | comment | added | I say Reinstate Monica | Thanks for the encouragement! Failing the audit didn't bug me. It did (helpfully) highlight the fact I didn't know how to handle answers of this type. Thanks for gracefully helping me improve in this area. | |
| May 27, 2015 at 20:04 | comment | added | Oliver Salzburg Mod | @Twisty: Just always remember, when you're reviewing, you're battling a machine. Failing reviews is no big deal, it doesn't mean you've done something wrong, maybe the machine just made a bad decision. If you get review banned for failing too many, you should definitely bring it up. But don't get discouraged and don't let a failed audit have too much of an impact on your judgement. Review your decision, but it's fine to come to the conclusion that the machine was at fault. Btw, thanks for taking the time to review posts to begin with :) | |
| May 27, 2015 at 19:50 | comment | added | I say Reinstate Monica | Ok, that's very helpful to know. I'm glad I asked as this has (obviously) been a point of confusion for me. | |
| May 27, 2015 at 19:45 | comment | added | Oliver Salzburg Mod | @Twisty: It's not a good answer, as it doesn't describe how to do what the user suggests doing. So, yes, I would probably suggest deleting. But, don't take my word for it. You'll probably get a much better sense of what is a good post the longer you take part in this community. Posts from the starting days of Super User are often not up to the higher standards we have today. | |
| May 27, 2015 at 19:43 | comment | added | I say Reinstate Monica | Not to be a pest, but should I have recommend deletion for superuser.com/review/low-quality-posts/382809? | |
| May 27, 2015 at 19:27 | vote | accept | I say Reinstate Monica | ||
| May 27, 2015 at 19:17 | comment | added | I say Reinstate Monica | I understand. For one still learning the process, gaps in the guidelines constitute gaps in a clear understanding of the community's wishes, so I appreciate the clarification. Based on your feedback I'll begin scrutinizing beyond answers that are blatantly wrong or in need of grammar/formatting corrections. Thank you. | |
| May 27, 2015 at 19:05 | comment | added | Oliver Salzburg Mod | @Twisty: It is simply not a good answer for many reasons. Guidelines are just that; guidelines. They aren't rules. I honestly don't see how the post attempts to answer the question. Cases where a single sentence is a valid answer are rare. | |
| May 27, 2015 at 19:00 | comment | added | I say Reinstate Monica |
So we are to gauge the helpfulness/accuracy of an answer to the point of flagging/deleting ones that only "go halfway"? I'd edited this out of my question but it now seems more relevant to point out the "First Posts" reviewing guideline I linked states Don't focus on the actual answer itself. Focus on the formatting and the etiquette of the author. I don't know that I agree and would I correctly observe you don't fully concur either?
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| May 27, 2015 at 18:48 | history | answered | Oliver SalzburgMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |