Timeline for Should Ubuntu Software Center links be edited?
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| Jun 14, 2019 at 7:15 | comment | added | Robert Riedl | @SergiyKolodyazhnyy yes! Your answer says basically the same, but is much better worded. | |
| Jun 14, 2019 at 7:13 | comment | added | Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy | I suppose we both agree then :) | |
| Jun 14, 2019 at 7:08 | comment | added | Robert Riedl | @SergiyKolodyazhnyy, thats what I mean. I think we shoudln't generalise and say we should update answers with edits, if they are outdated. I think we should be very careful with editing and therefore changing answers, especially high/or accepted answers. At best this should be evaluated at a case by case basis. But comments are better for this, In my opinion. | |
| Jun 14, 2019 at 1:47 | comment | added | Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy | This answer brings up a good point. Old answers may be outdated yet still have value with the general approach. Editing, however, is one of the ways we can make an answer current, so I'd disagree with that point. Comments are just as useful. There's been many cases here and on StackOverflow I've seen where an answer may be outdated, but the comments bring up a few good points. | |
| Jun 11, 2019 at 6:37 | comment | added | Robert Riedl | @Tim, that would mean updating every answer that references any out-dated information - like previous java versions, ubuntu versions, etc | |
| Jun 11, 2019 at 0:57 | comment | added | Tim | “We don’t have to keep answers up-to-date via editing” - the help centre would disagree: askubuntu.com/help/editing “Editing is important for keeping questions and answers clear, relevant, and up-to-date.”. | |
| Jun 5, 2019 at 12:53 | comment | added | Kulfy | Yeah. Editing "all answers" isn't feasible and practical. But we can at least edit the posts which are still relevant. IMO | |
| Jun 5, 2019 at 12:50 | comment | added | Robert Riedl | That's why I'd suggest a comment or an answer, depending if there already is an accepted / high rep answer. Regarding questions: we currently have a tag "software-center" with about 13k questions. Some of them are genereic (about repos or updates in general), some are specific about software center. So editing answers in bulk would definitely not be a good solution, I think. | |
| Jun 5, 2019 at 12:44 | comment | added | Kulfy | Also, I'm not targeting the questions. I have concern regarding answers only and that too on questions asking for software installation. | |
| Jun 5, 2019 at 12:42 | comment | added | Kulfy | Additional answer get generally hidden if there are already so many answers until it is upvoted enough to appear in top voted answers. | |
| Jun 5, 2019 at 12:35 | comment | added | Robert Riedl | I think a comment on an accepted and/or high rep answer or an additional answer is more in line with how things are done on askubuntu. | |
| Jun 5, 2019 at 12:34 | comment | added | Robert Riedl | Yes, questions why this PPA isn't working are legit, as are questions regarding dead links to Ubuntu Software Center. But in my opinion, that doesn't mean we should edit all answers and replace the links. I mean, with your logic.. what would happen to questions regarding software center ? | |
| Jun 5, 2019 at 12:29 | comment | added | Kulfy | I sometimes consider leaving a comment if there are not so many comments already existing about the status of that PPA. | |
| Jun 5, 2019 at 12:28 | comment | added | Kulfy | I agree with your answer partially. Recently webupteam8's PPA was discontinued for Java. There are many answers on the site which suggests using that PPA. As a newbie you'll consider referring most voted answer or answer shown at the top. But then we see a new question on the site that "why that PPA isn't working" and that question is legit. So, IMO we should at least consider leaving a note as a comment (which some people actually read or that could be hidden because of many upvoted comments over there) or edit the answer (which IMO is the best). | |
| Jun 5, 2019 at 9:34 | history | answered | Robert Riedl | CC BY-SA 4.0 |