Dason
02-01-2012, 02:36 PM
I don't know if anybody has noticed this but I tend to post a lot of redirects to the homework help thread. I finally realized that I'm probably wasting too much time actually going to that thread and typing stuff up each time so I figured I'd make a general post that I would just copy and paste every time somebody just posts a question without putting any effort into. Then I realized I didn't want to have just go to someplace else to copy that post or to open up a file or anything like that so I thought I would see if there is a way to copy some text to the clipboard using javascript. It's not the easiest thing to do but you can make it relatively easy to get the text you want.
I created a bookmark that has the following as the url:
javascript:window.prompt("Copy to clipboard: Ctrl+C, Hit cancel", 'Hi! :welcome: We are glad that you posted here! This looks like a homework question though. Our homework help policy can be found here (http://www.talkstats.com/showthread.php/57-We-only-provide-homework-help-to-those-who-show-effort). We mainly just want to see what you have tried so far and that you have put some effort into the problem. I would also suggest checking out this thread (http://www.talkstats.com/showthread.php/14960-Forum-Guidelines-Smart-posting-behavior-pays-off) for some guidelines on smart posting behavior that can help you get answers that are better much more quickly.')
So then when I open that bookmark I get a pop-up and I just need to Ctrl-C to get the message in my clipboard. I would recommend hitting cancel or closing the window. When I hit enter or "Ok" then the text takes over the webpage and I need to refresh - so... you know... just avoid that. Then I can post it and the user will get the following message:
Hi! :welcome: We are glad that you posted here! This looks like a homework question though. Our homework help policy can be found here (http://www.talkstats.com/showthread.php/57-We-only-provide-homework-help-to-those-who-show-effort). We mainly just want to see what you have tried so far and that you have put some effort into the problem. I would also suggest checking out this thread (http://www.talkstats.com/showthread.php/14960-Forum-Guidelines-Smart-posting-behavior-pays-off) for some guidelines on smart posting behavior that can help you get answers that are better much more quickly.
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I thought I'd share in case anybody else wants to add that bookmarklet or if you have any feedback on how to make that post any better. I don't know an easy way to add line breaks in there but I don't really care too much about that.
Part of my reasoning for this is that I feel if we provide a more friendly post asking for more information then the student will be more willing to provide the desired information. As it is right now I usually just post the link - not even in a url tag - to the homework help policy. This doesn't seem to be the best way to do things I admit.
I created a bookmark that has the following as the url:
javascript:window.prompt("Copy to clipboard: Ctrl+C, Hit cancel", 'Hi! :welcome: We are glad that you posted here! This looks like a homework question though. Our homework help policy can be found here (http://www.talkstats.com/showthread.php/57-We-only-provide-homework-help-to-those-who-show-effort). We mainly just want to see what you have tried so far and that you have put some effort into the problem. I would also suggest checking out this thread (http://www.talkstats.com/showthread.php/14960-Forum-Guidelines-Smart-posting-behavior-pays-off) for some guidelines on smart posting behavior that can help you get answers that are better much more quickly.')
So then when I open that bookmark I get a pop-up and I just need to Ctrl-C to get the message in my clipboard. I would recommend hitting cancel or closing the window. When I hit enter or "Ok" then the text takes over the webpage and I need to refresh - so... you know... just avoid that. Then I can post it and the user will get the following message:
Hi! :welcome: We are glad that you posted here! This looks like a homework question though. Our homework help policy can be found here (http://www.talkstats.com/showthread.php/57-We-only-provide-homework-help-to-those-who-show-effort). We mainly just want to see what you have tried so far and that you have put some effort into the problem. I would also suggest checking out this thread (http://www.talkstats.com/showthread.php/14960-Forum-Guidelines-Smart-posting-behavior-pays-off) for some guidelines on smart posting behavior that can help you get answers that are better much more quickly.
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I thought I'd share in case anybody else wants to add that bookmarklet or if you have any feedback on how to make that post any better. I don't know an easy way to add line breaks in there but I don't really care too much about that.
Part of my reasoning for this is that I feel if we provide a more friendly post asking for more information then the student will be more willing to provide the desired information. As it is right now I usually just post the link - not even in a url tag - to the homework help policy. This doesn't seem to be the best way to do things I admit.