Re: why was my post approved then deleted

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 07:22, Ultimater <ultimater@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think I'm just gonna give up on trying to find the "right" wording if my > post is just gonna get deleted on the grounds of being "confusing" just > because its in reply-to *jeff at kingdesk dot com'*s code. I can't think of > a more-clear way to state my post if clarity is the issue. I leave it to you > guys on your end to edit my post and perhaps the other dude's if you'd like > to use snippet and you happen to find some resolution to the issue(s) > whatever it/they was/were. Actually, your note was removed for two reasons specifically (and I keep needing to remind myself to update the user note guidelines to reflect this as well): * Notes references other notes or in reply to another user are removed. This is because it causes confusion if/when the original note is removed. * The PHP user notes are not a place for code collaboration or code fixes. We don't mean in any way that the code is bad, or that the efforts of the posters are unappreciated by any means --- just that there are far more appropriate venues than the PHP manual's user notes. Some folks post notes to the manual using the more recent mindset of a comment forum, which the user notes have never been. The intent of the notes is merely to append small observations to the manual, nothing more. On occasion, we do permit code snippets and the like, but if I were pressed for an answer, I would venture to say that approximately 40% of the notes submitted are inappropriate for inclusion in the manual. Again, it doesn't mean that your note was bad, just that it wasn't a good fit for the manual. That said, if you notice issues with an existing user note, you are encouraged to report it at http://bugs.php.net/ and describe the issue with the note (bad code, offensive language, incorrect "facts" in the note, et cetera) and an editor will take a look as soon as possible. The user notes are not a place to point out these issues, as the guidelines do state, but they need to be updated to reflect that attempts to correct previous notes will be deleted. -- </Daniel P. Brown> Dedicated Servers, Cloud and Cloud Hybrid Solutions, VPS, Hosting (866-) 725-4321 http://www.parasane.net/