Comments on: Optimise your questions

By: second time around

second time around — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:19:48 +0000

Hi Y!ATUK

Looks like I missed the amended error, and I had a comment ready as well…Oh well maybe next time.

And btw I still can’t make a comment in your ‘Servicing the Site’ blog, any chance of fixing it

By: Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers team

Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers team — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:49:53 +0000

Hey guys,

Thanks for your eagle eyes on this, we’ve amended the error in this post.

–Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers team

By: Curious

Curious — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:15:14 +0000

“If your question does not get an answer, it will disappear. If this happens, you will recover the 5 points, and you can post it again.”

If this is true, then this has been a recent change, and thus, the Points and Levels Points Table should be edited to reflect this change.
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system
http://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system

By: Anoneemuuse

Anoneemuuse — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:44:24 +0000

” … extending it means seven days to get an answer.”

It has previously been 8 days, or 192 hours, of “Open” time for an “Extended” Question. Has this been changed?

“If your question does not get an answer, it will disappear. If this happens, you will recover the 5 points, and you can post it again.”

Has this really been changed? According to the Scoring System, the only way the 5 points for asking a Q is returned is if there are Answers, and it goes to community vote, and No Best Answer wins the vote.

???

By: Calimecita

Calimecita — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:15:55 +0000

Hey guys,
Unless you’ve changed things a bit, the Extended period for a question is EIGHT days, not seven, and there is NO POINTS REFUND FOR EXPIRED QUESTIONS. Only if No Best Answer wins the vote, the 5 points are given back to the Asker, even if the Question is deleted in either case.
Could you clarify if you’ve made changes to the system or just some mistakes in the blog?

Thanks!

Cali

By: vicky

vicky — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:00:39 +0000

I was under the impression that if your question expires without ANY answers… that it will disappear, but no points will be refunded.
This would encourage a user to be more detailed and precise when asking .
(It would also discourage users from making up impossible_to_answer_questions…LOL)

If the question gets voted/resolved with the majority vote being = “No Best Answer”… it will also disappear, and the user will be refunded the 5 points. Then the asker should ask again, perhaps worded differently and/or re-categorized.

By: Anoneemuuse

Anoneemuuse — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:41:56 +0000

Erratum:

” … for asking a Q is if there are Answers … ”

should read:

” … for asking a Q is returned is if there are Answers … “

By: Anoneemuuse

Anoneemuuse — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:36:23 +0000

” … extending it means seven days to get an answer.”

It has previously been 8 days, or 192 hours of “Open” time for an “Extended” Question. Has this been changed?

“If your question does not get an answer, it will disappear. If this happens, you will recover the 5 points, and you can post it again.”

Has this really been changed? According to the Scoring System, the only way the 5 points for asking a Q is if there are Answers, it goes to community vote, and No Best Answer wins the vote.

???

By: Curious

Curious — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:04:39 +0000

“If your question does not get an answer, it will disappear. If this happens, you will recover the 5 points, and you can post it again.”