Timeline for Too broad: Should we consider potential answers when deciding?
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| Jan 26, 2018 at 1:41 | vote | accept | I say Reinstate Monica | ||
| Dec 14, 2017 at 4:54 | comment | added | I say Reinstate Monica |
I disagree with multiple solutions = too broad being a suitable test. Case in point: This question's usefulness is vastly improved by the broad number of solutions it has attracted. Imagine if the only answer it had was one of the lower-voted ones.
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| Dec 13, 2017 at 18:56 | comment | added | Andrea Lazzarotto | @Ramhound I did read your entire comment. I just added that I do not agree on "typically" using that as an indicator of broadness. | |
| Dec 13, 2017 at 13:50 | comment | added | Ramhound | @AndreaLazzarotto Read my entire comment. I use it as a guide to determine if it’s too broad. It’s not my only consideration. Even if it was I would be justified in doing so. | |
| Dec 13, 2017 at 10:33 | comment | added | Andrea Lazzarotto | @Ramhound for your first point, IMHO if a problem can be solved in two different ways it doesn't necessarily mean that it's too broad. | |
| Dec 11, 2017 at 6:54 | answer | added | fixer1234 | timeline score: 6 | |
| Dec 11, 2017 at 4:33 | comment | added | Ramhound | “How should we decide when to close these questions as too broad?” - I typically use the fact there are multiple potential unique solutions to the problem described in the question. If the question is asking multiple questions but they really have nothing to do with one another that’s another indication I use | |
| Dec 11, 2017 at 3:19 | history | asked | I say Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |