Timeline for Should code block(s) as answers always require an explanation?
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| Oct 1, 2013 at 18:33 | comment | added | Jamal | @GarethRees: I agree. Here, we're looking at two sides: discouraged vs banned. Even if such an answer is given, it should still be judged based on its correctness. To put it another way: such answers should not be grounds for flagging as Very Low Quality (if some even go that far). The voting is still up to the individual, and I do not expect this question to shift that. It is more of an agreed-upon basis for looking at answers. | |
| Oct 1, 2013 at 17:21 | comment | added | Gareth Rees | @Bobby: I think "use your judgment and vote up or down accordingly" is a better approach than "downvote on sight". If you are really convinced that code-block-only answers are always bad, then downvote them. But I'm not convinced, and I will continue to read them first and then decide which way to vote. | |
| Oct 1, 2013 at 11:47 | comment | added | Bobby | "...it's a difference of degree, not kind..." I disagree. There's a big gap between code-only-dumps and a short introduction before a big code block, as there is a big gap between these and your answers. But maybe we just fell for a simple misunderstanding? I always assumed that "allow these or not" always only referred to how to treat these answers. So if we come to consensus to not allow them, they'd be downvoted on sight and comments would be left that we don't want these kind of answers and that expanding it would be nice. | |
| Oct 1, 2013 at 9:27 | comment | added | Gareth Rees | @Bobby: I'm arguing that if there's a different between my answers and the ones under discussion here, it's a difference of degree, not kind, and we should be able to deal with it by voting, not by imposition of rules. | |
| Oct 1, 2013 at 8:36 | comment | added | Bobby | All of your examples are excellent answers, they're not relevant to this question. Having big code blocks explaining why this, completely different approach, is better is not the problem. Having a big code block without any explanations is. | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 19:33 | comment | added | Jamal | Then in that case, it's up to those reading the answers to decide. I'm just comparing these two based on explanation / no explanation, regardless of the code. | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 19:30 | comment | added | Gareth Rees | @Jamal: I think Nikola Vukovic's answer is actually quite good as it stands, and doesn't need any additional explanation. As the comment says, "Simple. Smart. Sweet." So I've upvoted it! | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 17:41 | comment | added | Jamal | I should make it clear that I'm referring to answers that only contain one or more code blocks. No explanations, not even comments within the block(s). For example, compare this person's answer to mine. The other person's lacks any explanation, whereas mine contains relevant comments throughout. | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 13:36 | history | answered | Gareth Rees | CC BY-SA 3.0 |