Timeline for Is popularity a criterion on which to decide whether or not to keep a question open?
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| May 31, 2017 at 15:14 | answer | added | Dmitry Grigoryev | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 25, 2017 at 15:41 | history | edited | music2myear | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Corrected spelling, grammar in title.
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| May 23, 2017 at 12:39 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| May 20, 2017 at 23:45 | comment | added | Hastur | Many times I've seen such a kind of question branded as homework or We are not a scripting service_(no research or effort shown:"Tell us what research you have done and why it didn't meet your needs"_<-How to Ask)... It's a typical test made to check how much a student followed the course, if he's able to find the limits of a used program or to use the notions learnt till that point...We usually discourage students that only ask to have their problem solved without even try to do smth. BTW I noticed the interest, boosted even because one of the "Hot Network Questions", and I raised the issue. | |
| May 20, 2017 at 23:26 | comment | added | Hastur | @fixer1234 IMO, it's really a broad question because it is strictly related on how to implement the Decimal-Binary conversion or the binary counting, and you can pass through a wide number of other different techniques. Nowadays there are examples in many programming courses at each level from primary school to the university. For this (programming relate) is not so on topic too and you find different answers. Moreover you may use your own fantasy too. I thought to 5-6 different ways to do it just reading it. Re-reading this comment I thought to other 5-6. But it is not this the only point. | |
| May 20, 2017 at 1:57 | comment | added | fixer1234 | But to your title question, popularity is only tangential. It's an indicator of community valuation, opinion, and interest, but doesn't supersede site rules. A question that fundamentally shouldn't be here shouldn't remain just because it's popular. This example though, doesn't come close to rising (falling?) to the level of something that shouldn't be here. To me, it's on-topic, in-scope, not excessively broad, and doesn't violate any basic requirements. So it isn't getting special dispensation for popularity. | |
| May 20, 2017 at 1:45 | comment | added | fixer1234 | We prefer people to research before posting, but that isn't an absolute requirement. Existence of answers elsewhere doesn't preclude a question here. Nobody commented with the typical complaint for a non-researched, easy-to-find question, and it isn't a trivial one. It attracted a lot of interest and a lot of different answers; answerers thought it worth the time and not close-worthy, and had fun with it. It has many heavily upvoted posts; people found it useful. It teaches some useful techniques. The community thinks it has value. I don't see it pushing any boundaries or a closure candidate. | |
| May 19, 2017 at 15:36 | answer | added | allquixotic | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 19, 2017 at 14:20 | history | edited | Hastur | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 19, 2017 at 14:14 | history | asked | Hastur | CC BY-SA 3.0 |