Timeline for "Sorting on" vs. "Sorting by"
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| Oct 25, 2012 at 13:56 | comment | added | immutabl | This is akin to the ongoing debate over 'filling IN a form' (UK English) and 'filling OUT a form' (US English). I prefer the former (one does, after all, fill-in the boxes or spaces on a form) but both are acceptable. Sadly. | |
| Oct 24, 2012 at 14:43 | answer | added | J.R. | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 24, 2012 at 3:55 | answer | added | Chris Schiffhauer | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 24, 2012 at 1:56 | comment | added | Marthaª | @MετάEd, only the first of those criteria is a valid reason to close in and of itself. The second is never a valid reason to close (at least I can't make it fit any of the close reasons). The third can contribute to "not a real question" or "general reference", but it really depends on the particulars of the case. | |
| Oct 24, 2012 at 1:39 | history | reopened |
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| Oct 24, 2012 at 1:08 | comment | added | MetaEd | Among other reasons, questions are incomplete when they show no research effort. A question should basically be (1) on topic, (2) interesting to the experts you are asking, and (3) show research effort. | |
| Oct 23, 2012 at 20:24 | comment | added | J.R. | @SF: Nope, not always. | |
| Oct 23, 2012 at 18:43 | comment | added | SF. |
I don't think I've ever seen sort on in context of sort key. Sort on the second CPU, or sort on demand, sure. Sort on the "acronym" column? nope, always sort by.
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| Oct 23, 2012 at 18:35 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Oct 23, 2012 at 18:25 | history | edited | Marthaª | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added info from original version that I think improves the question (not that it was bad to begin with)
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| Oct 23, 2012 at 0:10 | history | edited | MetaEd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 22, 2012 at 23:01 | history | closed |
MetaEd Rory Alsop user19148 avpaderno tchrist♦ |
not a real question | |
| Oct 22, 2012 at 22:10 | comment | added | avpaderno | @Carlo_R. Avoiding to use preferred doesn't mean to delete all the question text. In fact, John edited out preferred without removing the rest of the question. | |
| Oct 22, 2012 at 22:07 | history | edited | John | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 22, 2012 at 22:07 | comment | added | user19148 | Hello @kiamlaluno, yes, I agree. The question would be perfectly improved deleting also that part; but we, generally, do not accept question without body! | |
| Oct 22, 2012 at 21:54 | comment | added | avpaderno | You are asking, "Does one make more sense applied to databases, and the other to groups of objects ('I am sorting the socks by color.')?" I would remove that part, and make the question less subjective by avoiding to use preferred. | |
| Oct 22, 2012 at 21:39 | comment | added | user19148 | John, I got a lot of questions closed as "not real", but it is always difficult to say how them can be improved. In this specific case I would suggest you to delete the first part of the body, leaving only the last sentence. Doing that, I presume that the question could be answered. Good look! | |
| Oct 22, 2012 at 21:17 | comment | added | John | @Carlo_R actually it was an e-mail conversation. But I'm more confused as to why there are already three close votes for the reason that this isn't a real question. What should I have done differently so that it would be a good question? | |
| Oct 22, 2012 at 20:05 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Oct 22, 2012 at 19:44 | history | asked | John | CC BY-SA 3.0 |