October 17, 2015 at 10:44 am
Some questions posted seem to go on forever (particularly here), look at the ones that go up to 5000+ pages! If you look at the later posts you will find that a number of posters have gone right off track, some answering questions, or posting questions that, IMHO, should belong in a forum.
Should there be a limit to the number of postings or some other means of regulation? I may again come in line for a real roasting but curious as to what others think....
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October 17, 2015 at 12:45 pm
happygeek (10/17/2015)
Should there be a limit to the number of postings or some other means of regulation?
Why?
The 5000 page thread (and there's only one of them) is a chat thread with no real topic any longer. It's the 'water cooler' if you will.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
October 17, 2015 at 1:31 pm
There was no offence intended I just got frustrated with following a line of conversation to have it interrupted with something as equally interesting and then losing the thread of both because they each were then diversified by something else!
I think the tipping point was "I had a windows 7 laptop and the hard drive became faulty...." while following the debate on posted questions getting worse. It seemed like driving down the expressway when all of a sudden the steering wheel vanished along with a front tyres!
It may seem sad but if I find something of interest I like to see all the contributions as they often change my own perception; I know..... :crazy:
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October 18, 2015 at 6:27 am
happygeek (10/17/2015)
I think the tipping point was "I had a windows 7 laptop and the hard drive became faulty...." while following the debate on posted questions getting worse.
That particular thread is not a discussion on posted questions getting worse any longer, it hasn't been in 4+ years. It's the general chat thread, anything goes. Maybe it should get renamed.
It's the sole example of that here, you're free to ignore the thread (and its very, very frequent topic changes) and you won't lose any value that this site has to offer. Think of that thread more as a table at the corner bar.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
October 18, 2015 at 8:06 am
Thanks GilaMonster, will do. Do you think Steve or someone would rename it BarRoom or add it to a forum called BarRoom, wonderful idea, somewhere to thrash things out 🙂
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October 19, 2015 at 10:11 am
I'm not sure the thread in question needs any work. Certainly some people have given up or moved on. It does return to the topic, but that's one reason why it's in the "Anything not about SQL " forum.
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