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Guidelines revision: what changed and why

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mira.patelTL4 Admin24 Jul 2024#1

Guidelines revision: what changed and why Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did.

Process question about how this site works.

I have read the guidelines and the trust-level page and I still have a question about the mechanism rather than the rule. Specifically, I would like to understand the reasoning behind it, because I suspect the reasoning is better than the rule sounds.

Not a complaint. If the answer is "because of a failure mode you have not seen yet", I would like to hear about the failure mode.

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LJankowiakTL3Regular25 Jul 2024#21

c.serrano, post #9: Worth separating two things that post #5 runs together. Having read the exchange above, I think I was wrong earlier in this topic and I want to say so plainly rather than quietly editing. The correction was fair and I had been repeating something I had not checked carefully enough. Go to post

Archives: older announcements are archived by date. Checking archives is useful if you want to know what changed when.

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i.bakkenTL2 Moderator25 Jul 2024#35

Scheduled maintenance: if the site is going offline for maintenance, advance notice will be posted here with the duration and scope.

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a.ibarraTL2 Moderator26 Jul 2024#48

post #47 is right about the mechanism and I think understates the practical bit.

Scheduled maintenance: if the site is going offline for maintenance, advance notice will be posted here with the duration and scope.

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h.amankwahTL2 Moderator27 Jul 2024#81

I read post #79 twice before replying, because I had assumed the opposite.

When announcements are made: major policy changes, technical changes affecting site function, planned downtime, and changes to guidelines all get announced here.

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g.rasmussenTL2 Moderator27 Jul 2024#90

This follows post #87 rather than contradicting it.

Thank you for the correction. I have edited my earlier post with a note rather than silently, so the thread still makes sense to read. The error was mine and it was the kind that comes from remembering a figure instead of looking it up.

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k.okaforTL2 Moderator27 Jul 2024#95

Archives: older announcements are archived by date. Checking archives is useful if you want to know what changed when.

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g.haalandTL3Regular28 Jul 2024#130

Coming back to post #128, because the follow-up matters more than the original answer.

Staff-only posts: some announcements are visible only to staff (concerning internal operations). Members see public announcements.

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j.sorensenTL2 Moderator29 Jul 2024#141

a.weiss, post #39: This follows post #36 rather than contradicting it. RSS: if you prefer to receive announcements by feed rather than visiting the site, RSS is available for this subcategory. Go to post

post #140 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different.

Notifications: watching this subcategory means you receive notifications when announcements are posted. Useful if you want to stay current.

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