eggman comments on Open Thread for February 18-24 2014 - Less Wrong

4 Post author: eggman 19 February 2014 12:57PM

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Comment author: eggman 20 February 2014 06:15:25AM 3 points [-]

I posted this open thread yesterday because I wanted to ask a question that belonged in an open thread, but the last open thread was only until the date of February 17th. Is there a policy for who posts open threads, or how they're posted? If there is such a policy, does it go for only open threads, or for other special threads as well?

I noticed that different people post the open threads over the course of weeks or months when I was searching for them. I'm guessing that the policy is that if a given user notices there is no open thread for the week in which they would like to post, after searching for it, they create it themselves.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 20 February 2014 12:00:53PM *  3 points [-]

I've posted some open threads. So far as I know, there's no policy, just custom.

The closing date on an open thread is an invitation to start a new thread, not a rule against posting to the old thread.

Comment author: Tenoke 20 February 2014 03:07:18PM *  6 points [-]

Is there a policy for who posts open threads, or how they're posted?

No and yes. And I'm sorry but you did it badly (I'm saying this only because you are asking). So for the future:

  1. Open Threads belong in Discussion and not Main.
  2. Open Threads should have the 'open_thread' tag.
  3. There is generally no point in calling the Open thread '...18-24..' when you have created it on the 19th.
Comment author: eggman 20 February 2014 08:04:45PM 0 points [-]

Thanks for replying, Tenoke. If I create another open thread in the future, I'll post them in Discussion, and use that tag. When I looked at my computer when I created the post, I thought I saw the date was the 18th. I might have posted it shortly after midnight, so it could have been on the 19th, but then I don't know why it's written my post was created in the middle of the day (12:57 p.m.). That is weird. Anyway, thanks again for clarifying.

Comment author: ESRogs 22 February 2014 12:00:18AM 0 points [-]

I don't know why it's written my post was created in the middle of the day (12:57 p.m.)

Time zones?

Comment author: eggman 22 February 2014 11:29:24PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, possibly. Anyway, I'll avoid these mistakes in the future.