Timeline for Do we need better definitions for off-topic questions in the help center?
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| Mar 28, 2019 at 6:01 | answer | added | fixer1234 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 27, 2019 at 20:08 | history | edited | Tim_Stewart | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 26, 2019 at 19:47 | answer | added | Plastikfan | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 26, 2019 at 9:47 | answer | added | harrymc | timeline score: -2 | |
| Mar 24, 2019 at 14:51 | answer | added | Journeyman GeekMod | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 17:24 | comment | added | Ramhound | "Those very often reflect 5+ year-old posts" - The age of a question shouldn't determine if it should be closed today. If it truly is out of scope, even if it has hundreds of upvotes, it should be closed if it is out of scope. A user made a similar argument against 3 questions, I voted to close those questions, due to their scope. | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 17:04 | answer | added | harrymc | timeline score: 6 | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 16:42 | comment | added | harrymc | @Tim_Stewart: Thanks for inviting me to this discussion. But as I had too much to say, I started another post. | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 0:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/super_user/status/1108518753686470656 | ||
| Mar 20, 2019 at 10:04 | history | edited | Deltik | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Block-quoted quoted text; fixed conventions
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| Mar 20, 2019 at 7:17 | comment | added | Steven Martin | You would also need to define programming. For example excel formulas and conditional formatting can get quite complex and while they belong here there is UDF which involves programming, and also recording macros is a button on the UI but then to edit it , it's programming... | |
| Mar 20, 2019 at 5:41 | comment | added | Máté Juhász | "I am now of the opinion that its just the guidelines not being specific enough in the help-center" AGREE! There is definitely room for improvement. Although I don't think he'll should made longer, a link for detailed discussion could be added. | |
| Mar 20, 2019 at 5:34 | comment | added | Máté Juhász | "I don't want to say there is a double standard for higher ranking members, but earlier on when I joined it certainly felt that way". I read several comments complaining "same topic had been already asked and answered in X questions" those very often reflect to 5+ year old posts, so changing of scope rather than double standard. Besides of course there are gray areas, inconsistencies and so on. | |
| Mar 20, 2019 at 2:39 | comment | added | fixer1234 | This would be easier for people to respond to if you include some examples of questions that seemed to fall into the gray area. Part of it may be that what's happening is really in the other direction; the community makes an exception for questions that are off-topic or borderline off-topic because of some redeeming value. For example, it might attract a good answer that demonstrates there is an on-topic interpretation or the question provides a link to very useful, on-topic information in the answer. | |
| Mar 19, 2019 at 22:40 | history | asked | Tim_Stewart | CC BY-SA 4.0 |