Feedback to announcements: if you have feedback on an announced change (not a question, but your position) post it in the Meta category rather than here.
The rule of thumb is fine; the edge cases are where it earns its keep.
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Moderation log format change
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an.kirchner, post #7: Practical answer on moderation log format change, since the theoretical one is upthread: do the simplest check first, write down the result, and only then decide whether the complicated explanation is needed. It usually is not. Go to post
Post #13 is the version of this I will quote in future. One addition.
One more thing on moderation log format change that took me far too long to see: the two figures people quote are not measuring the same quantity. Once you notice that, the apparent contradiction disappears.
h.jansen, post #5: Thank you for announcing it in advance rather than after. The number of places that do the reverse is remarkable. I would treat the number as indicative rather than as a measurement. Go to post
Saving this. It is the version I will quote when the question comes round again.
Post #26 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different.
Adding a small correction to the moderation log format change summary above rather than a disagreement with it. The substance holds; one of the figures is out by a factor that matters.
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e.okafor, post #24: Saving this. It is the version I will quote when the question comes round again. Go to post
I had written a reply contradicting post #31 and deleted it. Here is what survived.
One question about the transition rather than the policy: what happens to topics that are in flight when it takes effect? The announcement is clear about posts and silent about drafts.
That is the version I use. It may not be the version that is correct.
vial_slope, post #14: Reading this as a member rather than staff: the change is sensible and the explanation is better than the change. Publishing the failure mode that prompted it is what makes it possible to argue with. Same conclusion as the reply above, reached differently, which is mildly reassuring. Go to post
Narrowing post #39, because the general version has more than one answer.
Thank you for announcing it in advance rather than after. The number of places that do the reverse is remarkable.
A guess, clearly labelled as one.
m.amankwah, post #13: Counterpoint on moderation log format change, offered without confidence: the same observation is consistent with a much duller explanation, and nobody has ruled the dull one out. Go to post
I came in to disagree and I am leaving without a disagreement.
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