Answer by Willi Mentzel for Should the string 'noob' be added to the...
In favor. Stating that someone is a noob/beginner doesn't add anything valuable to a question. I almost always remove introductions like "I recently started..." and the likes too.Also, someone...
View ArticleAnswer by Dave Sag for Should the string 'noob' be added to the blacklist for...
I think the term 'noob' is pretty well understood as a cheery and slightly self deprecating way of admitting to be a beginner. I don't mind it.
View ArticleAnswer by nikhil swami for Should the string 'noob' be added to the blacklist...
Add an AI NLP model which classifies title content as "self-deprecating", and other requirements as necessary. Notify the user via a popup:"Using X does not add any extra value to the question content....
View ArticleAnswer by JDB for Should the string 'noob' be added to the blacklist for...
Banning words from titles will do little to change the underlying insecurity of the author.English has many words, inflections and speech patterns which are used to alter the way in which the raw...
View ArticleAnswer by NullDev for Should the string 'noob' be added to the blacklist for...
I'm not entirely sure how the blocking mechanism works exactly, but I just wanted to add that we should be careful with "auto-blocking" noob, noobs and variations of it.In very rare cases it could...
View ArticleAnswer by mickmackusa for Should the string 'noob' be added to the blacklist...
My opinion is that the current experience level of a developer or the perceived state of code never needs to be labelled while posting a minimal, clear, reproducible question or educational answer.That...
View ArticleAnswer by Makoto for Should the string 'noob' be added to the blacklist for...
I could agree with blacklisting it from titles if and only if an accompanying explanation as to why this isn't a good fit for a title followed it.The challenge there is getting prose written that's...
View ArticleShould the string 'noob' be added to the blacklist for question titles?
ProblemThere appear to be quite some not descriptive question titles that boil down to [program language]-noob here..., noob-question why does y do y? (See for yourself.)The actual questions might be...
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