Timeline for How do I add files to posts?
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| Aug 17, 2022 at 5:23 | comment | added | Zanna Mod | I don't know, I should think more and ask a CM! | |
| Aug 17, 2022 at 5:19 | comment | added | cocomac | @Zanna I didn't consider that, but that makes sense. I guess you could make a Meta post for that, but is that something SE allows individual sites to change? Or is it one size limit across SE? | |
| Aug 17, 2022 at 5:17 | comment | added | Zanna Mod | Would be great to improve the Help Center page, but I must point out that it is rarely OP's fault that the output they want to include is too long, as most often it's the output from the wireless info script or boot-repair report (often requested by our community members). I have done all sorts of dodgy things to shorten the output of these to fit the character limit. I wonder if we could have a bigger character limit! | |
| Aug 17, 2022 at 5:12 | comment | added | Zanna Mod | Another issue with paste.ubuntu.com is that it seems to require an annoying login process these days. Have resorted to using Debian's pastebin... | |
| Aug 17, 2022 at 5:11 | comment | added | andrew.46 Mod | Go for it! Always good to see some action on Meta | |
| Aug 17, 2022 at 5:08 | comment | added | cocomac | @andrew.46 Do you mind if I made a Meta post about it? I have a few additional thoughts about it, but a separate post is probably easier than comments. Of course, I don't mind if you want to poke anyone, more input is better! | |
| Aug 17, 2022 at 5:05 | comment | added | andrew.46 Mod | Hmmm... that whole AU page is a little soft on details isn't it :). I will give my colleagues a poke and get their input here... | |
| Aug 17, 2022 at 4:57 | comment | added | cocomac | @andrew.46 I know this would be a separate Meta post, but do you know if anyone has considered adding some portion of that page (a tl;dr probably) to our "How do I ask a good question?" page? We have a "Make it relevant to others" section, but it just says to, it doesn't explain how to | |
| Aug 17, 2022 at 4:52 | comment | added | andrew.46 Mod | I have bookmarked that 'Minimal, Reproducible Example ' in my 'Moderation' bookmarks, very useful! | |
| Aug 17, 2022 at 4:47 | history | edited | cocomac | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Add note after considering @andrew.46's comment
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| Aug 17, 2022 at 4:41 | comment | added | cocomac | @andrew.46 I fully agree. The Wayback Machine could work for making them permanent, but... after thinking about it more, I'm not sure using pastebins is a good idea, even if they were permanent. IMO, questions should be fully self-standing, much like MCVEs from SO. Code blocks are fine for including text files, and if content is so big a code block won't work then the question should probably made more general. IMO, if a question really needs a specific big file, then it is most likely to not be useful to anyone but the OP. | |
| Aug 17, 2022 at 4:26 | comment | added | andrew.46 Mod | Great answer (as always)! The extra problem with Pastebins is that there is no guarantee that the information will remain for any particular time period. This means a dead link eventually and a loss of useful information from question,answer or comment. On the Ubuntu pastebin page I see: 'Submitted data is not guaranteed to be permanent, and may be removed at any time.' I am not sure if this is different in other pastebin services... | |
| Aug 16, 2022 at 12:47 | history | edited | BeastOfCaerbannog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added relevant links
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| Aug 15, 2022 at 7:42 | vote | accept | Emilio | ||
| Aug 15, 2022 at 6:46 | history | answered | cocomac | CC BY-SA 4.0 |