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Comments are small addenda to each question or answer, intentionally limited in size and formatting and intended to prompt clarifying edits.
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Answers in comments
There are quite a large number of Meta.ELU questions about answers in comments, but none which definitively settles community opinion, mainly because they are rather old now, but also because they don'...
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Why are my comments deleted?
Hello,
Congratulations -- you are one of the top new English Language and
Usage - Stack Exchange users for the week of Aug 6 2012!
http://stackexchange.com/leagues/week/english/2012-08-06
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How to handle old questions with answers stuck in a comment?
I am noticing a bunch of older questions stuck in the Unanswered queue that have an acceptable answer posted as a comment instead of an answer. For the first few I found I just copied the answer into ...
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Disappearing comment trails
The trail of a wide number of different user's comments on this page has been deleted. I am wondering why and by whom?
The use of nominative "whom"
Some of the comments may have been ...
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Why was this comment deleted?
A few days ago I read this question about why there is no "autumntime" or "falltime". I added this comment:
We just use fall or autumn in those cases, both as nouns and adjectives. Not really sure ...
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What about downvoting comments?
Comments are widely used (and misused IMO) for different reasons. At times they are real answers or elaborations of answers, at others they are used just to express personal impressions on questions ...
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Curious, but complaining only a little: Why was my comment deleted?
I posted a comment on this question: What is a word for someone who tries to comfort their mistakes by trying to reason with him or herself?, and I think someone even upvoted the comment, but my ...
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Is it really helpful to tell a user to look something up in a dictionary?
I have noticed in many comments to questions regarding single word usage in particular sentence or phrase that a user with high reputation will say something that ultimately boils down to "use a ...
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Why was one of my comments deleted on this question? (also, request to add a feature to the site to be notified of post and comment deletions) [duplicate]
Should we refer to a female "senator" as a "senatrix"?
I remember making a comment on why actor/actress and waiter/waitress are used but not author/authoress, but the comment is ...
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Undo removal of comments to chat
History On November 8 came this question Mimsy were the Borogoves - why is “mimsy” an adjective? for which I provided an answer that I consider was fair to good. Over the course of the next two days ...
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Answers in comments [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why are answers being posted in the comments on the question?
Lately I've noticed a lot of questions - particularly single word requests - where answers are given in the ...
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Who has the power to edit or delete another person's comments, and what justifies the edit or deletion
It strikes me as a breach of etiquette to edit or delete another person's comment. Where can I find the guidelines on, or discussions of that topic?
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Moderators removing valuable comments
In particular I am concerned about the comments on (removed). Some of the comments pointed out that the answer was off base. The number of comments grew quite lengthy and so a moderator ...
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Close Reason Comments
We've been seeing a lot of comments lately that are somewhat along the lines of
Off-topic. Voting to close.
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This is too localized. [remainder of comment...]
Essentially, these comments are ...
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Is SE enforcing "no answers in comments"?
The practice of commenting with answers is ubiquitous practice on ELU, and the merits/flaws have been discussed at length. However, is it the case that the greater SE is trying to put a stop to this ...
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Moderators’ policy on hectoring
What should we do about hectoring?
A flurry of hectoring[1] comments has appeared both on the main ELU site and also here on ELU’s meta. I seek clarification on the following questions three:
What ...
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Qualitative 'boundaries' for what it means to answer in comments
The topic of answers in comments has been brought up before (here and there and elsewhere), with MrHen providing a good summary of the community's attitude:
My opinion on that subject is that ...
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Why are comments deleted seemingly randomly? [duplicate]
For instance, I posted what was perhaps the first comment for this question, stating that the generic name for the item in question was a "keyboard", and that a more specific identification would ...
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Basic problem with comment deletion
(Yes, I know this will be instantly marked "dupe", but if I ask my question on one of the "dupes" it will almost certainly be ignored.)
I understand why the person who deleted a comment is not ...
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Duplicate Comments & Un-flagging Comments
I've three related questions:
If I believe a comment is essentially a duplicate of an earlier one, what is the proper etiquette, if any? I assume it's better to up vote a comment I agree with, rather ...
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Why '@' salutation was not rendered
I just posted a comment beginning with @username, and my @username part of the comment was not rendered (it was the first word in the comment). Why is that so?
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Why are we moving all the comments to chat?
I've seen a lot of lengthy comments sections being moved en masse to chat. The reason I discovered this site and began relying on it and eventually joined it was because of a comment by tchrist on the ...
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Why was my (“agenda”) comment deleted? [duplicate]
At Aug 7 at 1:46 (2017-08-07 01:46:18Z) The Dude asked the question
Is there a verb form of the word “agenda”,
as in, to create a political agenda for or against something?:
Is there a verb form of ...
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Short answers to GR (General Reference) questions should not be converted to comments
Short answers to GR (General Reference) questions should not be converted to comments. The best way to deal with a short answer to a GR question is the usual way: close the GR question, and ultimately ...
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CyberBullying on SE
For the past few weeks I have been receiving many comments from the user Rathony. The pattern goes like this: 1) I make a comment on someone's answer, or I post my own answer 2) Within minutes, a ...
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Background of long OP username looks ugly in comments
I just noticed something funny in the comments to this question:
See the messy "scratches" on each end of the OP's username? I'm pretty sure they're not supposed to be there.
The reason this ...
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Is it unethical for a user who has answered a question to post a negative comment on somebody else's answer?
I've seen this a few times during the past few years. Most of the times they were only subtly derogatory comments, but on rare occasions openly bellitling. Whether the comments were well-deserved or ...
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Can a mod send me a screenshot of the comments which were under this question?
I asked the question "Why do I pronounce "horrible" so harrhibly?" a while back.
It hit the HNQ and generated a lot of attention and chatty comments. Those comments were subsequently ...
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Was it incorrect or too soon to advise the OP that they could accept their own answer?
DISCLAIMER: This post is merely seeking others' opinions (and whether I was indeed wrong). I am not out to get anyone.
Hello, fellow linguists. I come here with a slight dilemma pertaining to a ...
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Why was my comment removed?
I made a comment, that received several upvotes on this question, yet some mod chose to delete it. It is germane to the topic, is referenced multiple times in the comment chain, and has spawned some ...
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Is there a way to search for questions/answers I've commented on?
If someone replies to one of my comments using the @Martha syntax, SE kindly lets me know about it. If someone doesn't use that syntax, or replies to someone else, I'm not notified, so the only way I ...
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Are answers that only cite personal experience acceptable for questions about dialects?
In general, answers on this site are supposed to have references. This was established early on by the top answers to the following Meta post: Since it isn't in the FAQ, are we as answerers ...
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Where possible harrasment is at play is it possible to identify all past comments from a user
Greetings fellow ELU enthusiasts!
For some many months now, it seems a particular user here, has nothing better to do with their time, than follow me around on ELU and comment whenever they get the ...
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Comment deletion notifications
I see that all the comments I made to the questions referenced in Wordreference cross-posting have been deleted. Can I somehow be notified when my comments are deleted?
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Should we blacklist "lmgtfy" comments?
As was mentioned in this Meta question recently, comments that post a "lmgtfy" link can be seen as insulting. Other sites, like Stack Overflow, have already blacklisted this domain.
Before we take ...
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Speaking of comments
I've seen that usually a number of 30 comments calls for removal, why not this time?
Please move to chat the extremely long trails of comments posted under this question and its main answers.
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Question Moved Without Comment
I put a question to this forum recently and am surprised to log in today to see it moved to a non-English language speakers forum.
Here is the question: https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/10186/...
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Should downvotes require comments? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why is it not mandatory to provide comments on a down-vote?
Some questions can be unclear, and most users are nice enough to leave a comment on the question to let OP know ...
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Is the "obsolete" flag applicable even to comments that have already re-written as answer?
In "Agreed" or "agreed to" there is a comment that has been re-written as answer.
Is flagging the comment as obsolete correct, in this case?
In which other cases should a comment ...
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Why was a helpful comment removed?
I posted a comment under the following question giving , I presume, some helpful indications on the subject asked by the OP (clearly a new user).
The question was off-topic for a number of reasons, ...
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Why are (advanced) users answering poor questions in comments? [duplicate]
I just went through the close review queue and found the following questions which are typical of a problem I've been seeing recently:
'In tone' meaning
A question that relevant to commas
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Are (some) compliments in the comments suppressed by moderators?
In a comment to my question, user surfasb made a flattering remark.
It has just been deleted, a few minutes ago. Did a moderator erase it? I don't think the compliment was deserved ("best question in ...
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Why are ELU's users so easily irritated?
Every English student knowing enough to post a question on this site understands English capitalization and basic punctuation. Why, then, do we constantly chastise people about things they already ...
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Why was my comment containing JHC deleted?
A comment of mine (quoted in this meta-question by Dog Lover), began with what I thought was the innocuous expression 'Jesus H Christ'. Dog Lover, to whom my comment was originally addressed, took ...
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Folklore or official policy?
At this question: Usage of "do not " vs "does not", I saw the following in a comment:
As Reg Dwight has said, '[W]e write stuff in comments that is too obvious to qualify for an ...
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Very shouty moderation messages
In the question How do Americans refer to their non-metric system in everyday circumstances? , a moderator has posted under the question, and under the top five answers the following message:
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Reporting rude comments
I've noticed a number of unnecessarily rude responses to questions that I've made. Although there appears to be 'flagging' options for some elements, I am unable to do so.
Is this due to having a low ...
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