Answer by Raedwald for Flag 'Try This: {code}' Answers as "Very Low Quality"?
The language of this site is English, so natural language text should follow normal English idiom. "Try this" implies uncertainty: if you do this, it might work. If the poster is uncertain, then the...
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Answer by apaul for Flag 'Try This: {code}' Answers as "Very Low Quality"?
Consider the glass bottle vs. shoe:"A client has asked me to build and install a custom shelving system. I'm at the point where I need to nail it, but I'm not sure what to use to pound the nails in....
View ArticleAnswer by Danubian Sailor for Flag 'Try This: {code}' Answers as "Very Low...
You're taking things too verbatim. If someone is writing 'try this code', it doesn't mean he hadn't tested it! It can be a formulation for 'I recommend you that solution' as well!Make simple test: does...
View ArticleAnswer by Your Common Sense for Flag 'Try This: {code}' Answers as "Very Low...
Stack Overflow has no quality control mechanism. Period.Learn to swallow it.This site is not for the quality answers, this site is for collecting points and badges. With your silly demands you are just...
View ArticleAnswer by Niet the Dark Absol for Flag 'Try This: {code}' Answers as "Very...
As someone who occasionally posts "try this {code}" answers, I would like to explain my reasoning.In most of the languages I program in, code is surprisingly close to natural language. For example,...
View ArticleAnswer by woot for Flag 'Try This: {code}' Answers as "Very Low Quality"?
I think it's OK to offer attempted answers as long as you give more information than just a code block. Explaining how you think it might help or what the code does is fine. Answers that come this way...
View ArticleAnswer by Servy for Flag 'Try This: {code}' Answers as "Very Low Quality"?
No, it is not appropriate to flag such a post. While you may feel that those answers are not quality answers, they are not of sufficiently low quality to merit deletion. As such, there will be nothing...
View ArticleFlag 'Try This: {code}' Answers as "Very Low Quality"?
I constantly tell people that “try this” is not a good answer. It explains nothing and just dumps code on the OP which does not teach anything.It's becoming worse and worse, and I even see very high...
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