If we were talking about a reply (singular), we wouldn't be having this conversation. We have dozens/hundreds/probably thousands to refer to. To be fair, they don't all cross the line into abusive. I would say there's a bell curve, on the
smaller left side are totally normal and courteous helpful replies with no rude/insulting/demeaning content, the thickest section of the bell curve contains content that most would consider somewhat rude, but not necessarily crossing the line into abusive,
then the smaller right side of he bell curve are the ones that are actually abusive, most definitely enough to warrant corrective action.
The term "groupthink" applies to the moderators: Above, Naomi acknowledges an ongoing pattern of behavior, yet still thinks the right answer is non-action. Here's one definition of groupthink:
group·think - /ˈgro͞opˌTHiNGk/ -Noun
- The practice of thinking or making decisions as a group in a way that discourages creativity or individual responsibility.
We also have selective enforcement: When he posts an incendiary comment, there is no action. On the occasions where the victim of that incendiary comment responds (which they shouldn't, but sometimes they do), THEN there's action. The fact is,
the conversation went off topic at the moment this one poster in question made the abusive post, (typically insulting the original posters skills and abilities), but the moderators do nothing in those cases. And that's ultimately why I'm bothering with
this whole topic. There's an ongoing pattern of non-action, and it's time for intervention by someone higher up the ladder.
Examples: (and look closely at the timestamp of my edit.. it took 5 minutes to find these examples)
Future exampls will all be more recent:
- http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/transactsql/thread/29237ab4-108a-46ee-a7ec-f55a276233c6/#8b5a6b7f-28ce-4faa-a4f7-a5ac7cd05732
(Past day or two)
A good SQL programmer would not! You never had a basic software engineering course, did you? What is the concept of “cohesion” mean to you? To a programmer (not just SQL! Any good programmer) it means that a module of code has one and only one entry point,
one and only one exit point, and it performs one and only one task. It is not the “Automobiles, Squids and Lady Gaga” multi-purpose tool you want to write.
The rest of the code is bad. You have no idea of ISO-11179 naming rules, declarative programming, you use the magical over-sized VARCHAR(50) to assure bad data, etc. Did you know that companies are identified by a DUNS? Why are table names in singular? Why
it nothing in ISO-11179 format?
Did you know that declarative and functional language do not use local variables? CURSORS are like the worst way to write anything in SQL. It is like eating babies; do not do it where people can see you.
Why do you have more LEFT OUTER JOINs than the entire payroll system of any Fortune 500 company I know?
I am telling you that you are doing everything wrong. Look at my credentials; do you think I might have some expertise and you should think about it?
- Insulting the poster:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/transactsql/thread/c57d627a-c04a-45d6-b548-8ef62ed55227/#265e9a0c-53fc-4781-be6c-a57036c1a0d4
WOW! you have reinvented the punch card sorter! We would wire a plug board and these machines would put the cards into two bins, just like you are doing in T-SQL.
An SQL programmer would have a column in the table (which might be a view!) that shows the status and
never physically move the data from table to table. This is completely wrong and violates the foundations of RDBMS. - Insults:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/transactsql/thread/3c33e396-4db0-4019-bab3-5012180045c0/#049cf125-ff41-4de1-9b50-9d8d196938e0
The plan stinks and you have no idea what you are doing. You do know that the minimal Netiquette is to post DDL and any DML you have tried? Want to try again?
