The other thing that I know I’m trying to keep in mind as I start approaching new features and enhancements is not to rely on hover states for information, since touch device usage seems to be getting higher and Core itself is targeting specific tablets at the moment. I’d rather not see something like an error message directly under the text field, as it’d create jumpiness, but any messaging definitely needs to appear without hover, even if it is as a tooltip kind of thing.

“That kind of behavior” is what? I said “that’s enough, stop closing my topics” to the person who did it. You can’t be so aggressive as they were before and not to expect some reply. That didn’t happen in the whole topic, nor were any kind of friction with the one person that was helping me. He was just looking in the wrong place and I was telling him why and backing up my reasons with my findings. That other person was the first one in “defend” because he seemed to feel offended because I said the rules were useless in this case.

2)About the reposting:
There are people that tries again in 2 months because nobody answered the 1-post dead topic. Right, they are REPOSTING the same thing after 2 months, and nobody complains. I posted around 16 updates / discussion posts, not 1.

So is it because of the AMOUNT of posts or the WAITING time?

The answer is NONE. The rules are there to BALANCE “questions” with “answers”, and 24 posts is DEFINITELY an attempt to fix it and and a GOOD source of testing data. It’s not my fault that I have the time to resolve quickly.

There are tons of posts about the same thing, this is a known problem and mods didn’t bother to tell that people how to fix it, because they don’t want to vent their bugs. As I said before, it’s an issue that programmers are the moderators of the forum where people are directed to report it first.
If I post the same solution in each open post about the same topic they didn’t replied ever knowing the bug, I’m doing a favor to the forums, not spamming it.

3) Ipstenu said in another post that esmi wasn’t even participating of the conversation. I just complained to the one whos icon appeared in the closing message.

4) What do you mean with “immediately became a flame war between you and the mods”?

I exausted 24 posts of test and data back and forth with the person who was trying to help me. Who sais when it is “enough”?
They were closing my topics with any excuse to get me warned and banned the sooner. I’m a human been. Of course I’ll complaint when I’m acused of anything when I’m getting closer to a bug. I CAN TELL they are walking us in circles so we don’t find the bugs or find each other. It’s annoying and the way each person manages being fooled and lied is not “abuse others”.

I was right when I saw it coming. The only thing in common across all my posts wich annoyed them is that when I find a bug I want it to be admited, not covered up.

5) Can you post the bug for me in the trac system? Obviously I can’t. I’d like others find a solution before it is quietly fixed. Permalinks is a SERIOUS issue that could render useless all the effort you put in your site.

Reading this resonated with me very much, it was like reading exactly what I would have written a year ago. I’ve struggled with the exact things you’re struggling with. It think it’s really tough finding a job that’s fulfilling, that you love, that engages all the things you’re interested in, but that also pays the bills; even tougher when there are so many different things you enjoy doing. I had a great job, stable, comfortable, paid well, but there was something missing. I wasn’t excited to go in to work. I was being pigeon-holed into very specific tasks (which didn’t really relate to my degree), and I felt like I didn’t get to use all my skills. I was coming home stressed, longing for something better. But what? Like you, I’m interested in SO many things, and I thought finding a job that fulfills all of them would be impossible (plus the whole pay issue). Wouldn’t it be awesome if you could be an a NASA program coordinator author teacher web developer?

So I sat down and wrote out a list of my core values in a job (this didn’t happen in one sitting). What was it in the past that made me excited about going to work? What was an absolutely necessary responsibility of the job? What type of environment did I want to work in? What did I dislike about previous jobs? And so on. It was hard answering these, but after a while I realized what was important to me: feeling like my work made a difference, working with people who are passionate about what they do, doing analytical/statistical work, using SAS, etc. And though it took awhile, I found a job that fit 99% of these things. Heck we even keep a blog at work!

I don’t know if you’ve thought about it, but I bet you’d like working in academia. I imagine there’s lots of options from coordinator, to researcher, to working in a lab, etc,. Plus depending on the job, you do lots of reading, writing, data management, programming, collaborating, teacher, you name it. It might let you use all the things you’re interested in!! I know it’s hard and at times frustrating, but I know you’ll figure it out!

Andreea

Your thread went from a long conversation trying to figure out a problem with permalinks and immediately became a flame war between you and the mods. Pointing out bugs is fine, so long as you do so in a civil manner – document what you’re trying to do, what you’ve tried to do to fix it, and what the bug really is. If we can’t reproduce it following your steps, it’s natural that we assume there’s something else going on.

Really, I think you might have found an issue, but by venting your frustration with the moderators rather than trying to document and fix a potential bug you’ve actually done far more harm than good. What you need to do is take a step back, write up the issue on your own site, and perhaps investigate fixing the bug on your own. If/when you do, contribute a patch to WordPress core via Trac so that the community can benefit.

But at this point, you’ve essentially burned your bridges in the forums and will need to earn your way back. Nothing but time and a proven willingness to contribute constructively on your part can fix what’s wrong …