Timeline for What should we do about answers in the comments?
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| Mar 27, 2018 at 18:37 | comment | added | TuringTux | @thesecretmaster (In response to your first comment): I'm sorry it took me so long to respond. I'm not sure if I'm able to add any policies - my thoughts haven't been at this stage yet. I think I would head for Aurora0001's proposal which seems to cover most (if not all) use cases. | |
| Mar 24, 2018 at 12:00 | comment | added | thesecretmaster Mod | I see some good thoughts here, but would you mind editing in a summary of your thoughts that we could use as a policy? | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 19:00 | history | edited | TuringTux | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 22, 2018 at 14:47 | comment | added | Buffy | @GypsySpellweaver I would also object strongly if someone other than the OP took something from the Sandbox and made it a question. I would treat them the same and would object in comments, flags, and votes. This is a serious issue. Personal respect is much more important than any content, here. We are teachers. Any form of appropriation is inappropriate. I hope we teach that. | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 14:43 | comment | added | Buffy | I strongly disagree. Strongly. | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 14:38 | comment | added | Gypsy Spellweaver | @Buffy Once it looks like the author won't convert to a real answer, there is nothing wrong, or disrespectful, in creating an answer, using their comment as a "launch pad" for the ideas in the answer. Even original research builds other work from other people. Giving the comment author a chance to make a full-fledged answer out of the comment is respectful. If they decline, even by inaction, to do so then the "idea" in the comment is available. If it wasn't then any answer that was similar to their idea would be out, and there's usually many ways to express the same idea. | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 14:26 | comment | added | Buffy | Aside from being a form of plagiarism, it is disrespectful to appropriate another's words. I would avoid it, and object to it. | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 14:05 | comment | added | Gypsy Spellweaver | No "moderators" cannot create answers from comments, but any user can, using a keyboard and mouse. I doubt the feature request for such a tool will ever be filled. If the poster wanted the "credit" for an answer they should have posted an answer not a comment. There is no reason to create a tool that will award them the credit from an answer when they don't want to take the time to follow the rules and create an answer. | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 13:56 | comment | added | Gypsy Spellweaver | @Buffy As to cases where the poster "may have explicitly not wanted to make a formal answer," that's no excuse. If I don't want to wait in a queue, it does not justify jumping to the front of the line. The rules exist and personal preferences do not justify the choice to ignore them. Once posted in comments, chat, or otherwise, the "content" belongs to SE anyway. The idea, and maybe credit, belongs to the writer. | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 13:51 | comment | added | Gypsy Spellweaver |
@Buffy To avoid plagiarism all that needs to be done is state that " User2734 left a comment suggesting this answer." Then give a complete answer, up to SE/CSE standards, that uses the comment.
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| Mar 22, 2018 at 13:17 | comment | added | Buffy | I think that any of that (creating answers from other's comments) is a mistake. It is plagiarism, for one thing. The poster of the comment may have explicitly not wanted to make a formal answer. | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 11:33 | comment | added | thesecretmaster Mod | Moderators cannot create answers from comments, although it has been requested on meta.SE. And moving comments to chat is supposed to be a place for discussion, not oreserving answers in comments. Would you mind suggesting some protocols or policies that you think we should adopt for creating answers from comments? | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 11:24 | history | answered | TuringTux | CC BY-SA 3.0 |