Timeline for Why was my answer deleted?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:43 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://dba.stackexchange.com/ with https://dba.stackexchange.com/
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| Feb 2, 2017 at 17:52 | comment | added | Evan Carroll | As an active contributing member of the site, I do feel I have a claim to see it run properly and to combat dumb things people do, even if they do them all the time. That's why I very often add the DML/DDL to the questions. I want to see everyone gets the best use of the contributions here, and the contribution provided w/ questions is bettered with DML/DDL. But, I'm willing to drop this. | |
| Feb 2, 2017 at 17:49 | comment | added | Erik | I agree that people do dumb things all the time. I know I do. That doesn't mean that we have the right to insist over people's protests like you did. Regardless, I'm going to disengage now. It is clear I not going to convince you and you're not going to convince me. Maybe you're right and I'm wrong. All I know is being this guy isn't productive. | |
| Feb 2, 2017 at 17:48 | comment | added | Evan Carroll | I mean, if the site wasn't tailoring itself to Database Administrators and was about respect or what the OP wanted, we would simply not make anything off topic ever and abandon the idea of policy-creation through meta (where we actively discuss formatting). | |
| Feb 2, 2017 at 17:46 | comment | added | Erik | Like the saying goes you can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink. It feels like you were trying to beat the horse with your edits because it wouldn't drink, and then got upset when the sheriff pulled you away. | |
| Feb 2, 2017 at 17:45 | comment | added | Evan Carroll | I disagree. OPs do dumb things all the time like paste pictures for textual grids. I feel we should not allow that. It's a question of formatting. We should take the best formatting possible for the medium which is one tailored to database administrators. I improved his question by fixing that. That said, I was willing to drop that fight. | |
| Feb 2, 2017 at 17:44 | comment | added | Erik | You say this site is about a community. I say community is about respect, and you clearly weren't respecting that person. My supposition is the mod team was trying to say leave that person and this question alone. That is why they rolled back to rev 1 and deleted your answer. I don't know if that is true or not, but it feels reasonable. You can't bully people and talk about how you are doing it for the benefit of the community. The community is better if you engage in respectful discourse and try to guide people to the best solutions. | |
| Feb 2, 2017 at 17:39 | comment | added | Erik | @EvanCarroll First of all the central premise in my answer is: a) There is more going on here than is being presented, b) I respect and trust the mod team so I have faith they didn't do something that is crazy. Secondly, this site was built specifically for people that have technical questions. It is a question and answer site. I don't care if the edits were amazing and I'm not qualified to judge those edits anyway. If the OP actively opposes your edits then you shouldn't force your will on the OP even if you feel the OP is wrong. I feel this is a crucial piece you're missing. | |
| Feb 2, 2017 at 17:24 | comment | added | Evan Carroll | That all said, those are my opinions and I dropped that fight. I'm just wondering why my answer was deleted. Concluding with "I fully support our moderation team" doesn't contribute to that quest. It's just an appeal to authority. | |
| Feb 2, 2017 at 17:23 | comment | added | Evan Carroll | This site wasn't built for the questioner. We shouldn't be degrading questions because of their preference: we're database administrators, and the site is for a community. We prefer DML/DDL over textual grids. We also shouldn't be censuring answers because of feelings. Just ignore them or vote them down. | |
| Feb 2, 2017 at 17:22 | comment | added | Evan Carroll | Whether or not the op "appreciated' the edits -- edits that you're not even calling into question -- has nothing to do with my answer on the question. I brought this to the admins attention in chat in an attempt to do the right thing. You can disagree or agree with those original edits, but I don't see what they have to do with my contribution as an answer. | |
| Feb 2, 2017 at 16:59 | history | answered | Erik | CC BY-SA 3.0 |