Why is voting prevented on locked posts? I can totally see why content coming in, unfortunately, sometimes, is really getting out of control. Like here  or  (or not right now, but maybe again in a few hours).  It makes sense then, to lock things contentwise. That is also great for existing content that shall never be changed any more, like that world famous .  But then: I would very much like to simply vote on some of these posts. And I really do not see a good reason to prevent the voting to take place.  Voting data is meta information. Just counters, that reflect the level of appreciation by the community (or lack thereof). The number of votes doesn't relate at all to the content that needs to be protected, or sadly, prevented from being added.   Thus: can the "model" for "locking postings" be made more fine granular? Or at least: changed to allow voting?
Allow moderators to fine-tune the effects of a lock Current Situation  When a moderator locks a question or answer, they can choose between different types of post notices: content dispute, off-topic comments, historical significance, wiki answer, or no notice. , but that it works this way is not clear to moderators and it is also not clear what effect a given notice has. The only way to find out for sure is to ask somebody who is not a moderator or use a sock. (This is due to moderator powers possibly overriding the effect of locks.)  Feature Request  Store the effects of a lock separately independent of the post notice. In the interface for locking a post, provide moderators with a checklist regarding the effects of the lock, for example:     This lock prevents:         answers   votes   flags   comments   edits      For questions, also add an option to apply the same lock to all answers to the question. For the canned lock reasons, automatically provide an appropriate choice as defaults.  At the very least make it clear in the dialogue what detailed effects a lock has.  Rationale  Post locks are used rarely, but when they are it is often for important reasons such as avoiding a divide of the community, an escalation of events, or similar. Thus, locks are a tool which moderators have little experience with, but whose correct use (i.e., choosing the right type of effects and knowing what the effects are) may be crucial. Moreover, many locks are used for special cases with individual needs, which in turn require individual locks.  In a specific example, there is a question on Academia, which lead answers and comments, whose appropriateness for the site is subject to a Meta discussion. To avoid further potentially inappropriate comments, answers, etc., I wished to lock question for the remainder of the Meta discussion. I chose content dispute as a lock reason, since it seemed most appropriate notice, however this only prevented edits to the question – which makes sense in other cases but not here. After I noticed this, I chose a historical lock (which I knew to be affecting everything) and removed the post notice (because it was not appropriate). The latter action lead to comments on answers being allowed (), which was not the desired effect either.  Related Questions    – This seems to be partially addressed: The different locks already do have different effects. However, my request goes further than this.  – This is about customising the notice not the effect.  – This would be addressed with this.
Lightning Change Event Is there a way to catch the change event of a particular field/component? I saw on the AuraDocs that there is a valueChange event but trying to handle it makes the app throw an error on load. I was wondering if I could build some automatic field validation / search suggestions without relying on other js libraries. Deploy a project using Git push Why is it important to apply transformation to an objects data? Option clash when using graphicx and tikz packages The following code fails Option clash for package graphicx, it seems to be an incompatibility between the package graphicx (when the option pdftex is used) and the package tikz.  \documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{book} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}  \begin{document}      The lazy dog...  \end{document}   I am currently working with Debian wheezy (updated as of 10th November 2012), and the latest TeXLive LaTeX distribution included.  Any ideas? IBM Slack links broken Does anyone know where I can find working Slack invite links to any of IBM's Slack pages? The Slack links on  are all broken. Thank you. computing the orbits for a group action Let $G$ be the Galois group of a field with nine elements over its subfield with three elements. Then the number of orbits for the action of $G$ on the fields with nine elements is   3 5 6 9   I have no idea how to compute the numbers of orbits for a group action. Anyone please help me. Thanks. We need a profanity filter I searched SE.Meta and was unable to find such question.  Someone just swore at us in a  as an  (warning: profanity, may be NSFW), sure, Arqade (profanity in phrases in games) or some SE (ELU, ELL or Anime.SE maybe?) can sometimes contain profanity as a small parts of question.  I think that a part should be added to the review system that will automatically hide questions/answers with profanity, just like the close vote system, the question/answer will be on hold and will be voted to be shown or be deleted.  Tip, if this gets implemented, u can be typed as \/ or v, and most other can be written as leet (l = 1 etc). Maybe it can be called "suspicious activity", and can be triggered when there is too many number or Unicode characters. (I can write hi as |-| |, |-|I, |-|l, l-li, hî, 1-1i, H1 and many more) Live USB "Check disk for defects” finds defects but doesn't list them I downloaded the iso file for XUbuntu. I created a live usb using Pen Drive Linux. I turned on my computer, booted to the XUbuntu installation screen, and selected "check disk for defects".  A minute later, it says that it found one defect. How do I figure out what this defect is? If I have a Java source file (*.java) or a class file (*.class), how can I convert it to a .exe file?  I also need an installer for my program. What is a Vanilla JS or jQuery solution that will select all of the contents of a textbox when the textbox receives focus? How to calculate stays against 90/180 visa rules? Some destinations have a "90/180 rule" which says you can come and go but you must not spend over 90 days out of any 180 days in the area.  concerns this rule.  At least Schengen and Turkey have this rule, probably depending on where the traveller is from and what kind of visa they apply for.  Maybe I'm a dummy but I've always had a lot of trouble trying to add up how many days I've spent in such places when I've entered and left several times over recent months.  Is there an easy way to do this I'm missing or is it difficult for everybody? I'm guessing something based on counting backwards from the end date might be the trick?  Maybe you know of an app or website that can do this for you. A finite sum involving the binomial coefficients and the harmonic numbers Wikipedia has a proof of the identity $$ H_{n} =\sum_{k=1}^{n} (-1)^{k-1} \binom{n}{k} \frac{1}{k}$$    Curiously, there is also the identity  $$ \frac{1}{n} = \sum_{k=1}^{n} (-1)^{k-1} \binom{n}{k} H_{k} $$  Can the second identity be derived from the first one? Can “whose” refer to an inanimate object? Entropy increases when two substances mix with each other.  For example, the entropy of mixing of two different gases are given by $$\Delta S= 2Nk\ln\frac{V_f}{V_i}\;.$$  But, the entropy doesn't increase when the two gases mixing are same.  This is pointed by Daniel V Schroeder:     It's important to note that this result applies only if the two gases are different like helium and argon. If you start with the same gas on both sides, the entropy doesn't increase at all when you remove the partition.   Now, why is this so? Both the gases, though the same, increase their individual entropies when they expand, don't they?  So, why did Schroeder say there is no entropy of mixing? What actually happens such that there is no change in entropy when the gases are the same? How do I get an RSS feed of my YouTube subscriptions? The default "Subscriptions" feed on the YouTube homepage shows all of the activity of the people that I am subscribed to on YouTube or have in circles on Google+. However, I'm most interested in new videos that the people I subscribe to (either on YouTube or by circling on Google+) create and post (neglecting comments or sharing other people's videos - what you see when you check the "show uploads only" checkbox on the YouTube homepage). However, being able to bring anything off of the YouTube homepage and into Google Reader as an RSS feed would be good.  Is there a way to do this? Why is the speed of light defined as $299792458$ $m/s$? Why did they choose that number and no other number?  Or phrased differently:  Why is a metre $1/299792458$ of the distance light travels in a sec in a vacuum? Is it correct to use the word "birthday" for the deceased, or is there a better alternative? How does one refer to the birthdate of someone who is no more, we usually say  Today is my uncle's 80th birth anniversary (Common in Indian English, not sure if it's correct)  or  Today would have been my uncle's 80th birthday   Is it right to say  "Today is my uncle's 80th birthday" for an uncle who is dead? Is $0 \, \mathrm m = 0 \, \mathrm s = 0 \,\mathrm {kg} = 0$? How do we define $[0 \, \mathrm m]$?  I once was given an assignment where I was asked to deduce and write down some physical quantity. It turned out that this quantity was $0$ in one unit or another, so I decided to drop the physical units because I figured that it didn't matter anyhow.  But I got to thinking:  If $0 \, \mathrm m = 0$, then we could add units of different dimensions (an operation not normally defined) like so: $5 + 0 \,\mathrm m = 5$.   Does $[ \cdot ]$ map $0 \, \mathrm m$ to both $0$ and $L$? Is there an established regime of thinking about physical quantities as an abstract algebra? Perhaps as a vector space where formal sums such as $5 \, \mathrm m + 10 \, \mathrm s$ are allowed? Would it be improper to drop the units of measurement of $0 \,\mathrm m$ like this in an academic paper? Variable Sized Arrays vs calloc in C On the discussion of dynamic memory here:   The author states:     A memory block like this can effectively be used as a more flexible array. This approach is actually much more common in real-world C programs. It's also more predictable and flexible than a "variable size array"   The type of memory block he is talking about is as such:  const int size = 5; int * array = calloc(size, sizeof(int));   and then using another pointer to iterate over the array:  int * index = array; for (i = 0; i &lt; size; i++) {     *index = 1; // or whatever value     index++; }   My question is how is this method better than a standard variable sized array like this?:  int array[variable];   or dynamic:  char name[] = "Nick";   The author doesn't really shed much light as to why I should prefer the former method to the latter. Or more specifically: How is it more "predictable and flexible"? GET and POST methods with the same Action name in the same Controller