Timeline for How is this question off-topic?
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| Jun 20, 2019 at 19:25 | comment | added | n8te | @Ramhound - Yeah okay, I see what you mean. I stand corrected. | |
| Jun 20, 2019 at 15:19 | comment | added | fixer1234 | There is also the element that what features are in what software is tied to a specific point in time. Tomorrow, the information will be outdated. | |
| Jun 20, 2019 at 13:48 | comment | added | Ramhound | @n8te - It's not even about the "spam" answers, more of the "how about this random tool", it leads to answers which are correct due to a subjective determination instead of one that is simply correct due to cold hard facts. There might be multiple way to do something but anyone with enough time and/or skill can determine if the solution is helpful and correct. | |
| Jun 20, 2019 at 8:25 | comment | added | n8te | Look at it this way. Questions seeking product recommendations are not allowed primarily because they invite spam answers. Someone asks for a product that meets certain requirements and it opens the door for all manner of spammy answers from people with products they're hawking. When you ask "if X javascript framework has Y feature" it doesn't invite the same sort of spam. An answer to that question would simply be something like "Yes, feature Y does exist in X javascript framework. Here's how to implement it according to so and so documentation." | |
| Jun 20, 2019 at 7:46 | comment | added | martixy | @Mokubai All correct. That is what the topic boils down to. Is the former permitted? If yes, how is it qualitatively different than the latter? Quantitatively, sure. | |
| Jun 20, 2019 at 7:40 | comment | added | Mokubai Mod | You might think that you are asking "if X javascript framework has Y feature", but it is not actually in your question and as a result your question was closed because of what was in it: "What git clients are not based on the electron framework?" Is effectively all there is in your question as it stands. You don't ask about whether a single specific individual thing has a specific feature at all, you are asking which thing (product) from a group matches your criteria. You are asking us to go through a shopping list and find you the product, not for us to tell you about a specific product. | |
| Jun 20, 2019 at 7:16 | answer | added | MokubaiMod | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 20, 2019 at 7:09 | answer | added | Journeyman GeekMod | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jun 20, 2019 at 6:37 | comment | added | martixy | Is asking, for example, if X javascript framework has Y feature not a technical question? Does this make it a technical question: "What git clients are not based on the electron framework?" I'm having a hard time seeing the difference here. | |
| Jun 20, 2019 at 6:35 | comment | added | undo | Please ask on softwarerecs.stackexchange.com after making sure no duplicates exist. | |
| Jun 20, 2019 at 6:26 | comment | added | fixer1234 | The question asks for a product that meets certain criteria. I'm not seeing any technical question. Can you clarify how you view this as not a request for a product recommendation? | |
| Jun 20, 2019 at 6:25 | comment | added | n8te | For starters, you never even ask a question. You might claim that it is implied somehow, but when you don't explicitly ask a question then people are left to guess at what you're actually asking. And they're going to base their guess on this statement: "If you list any paid clients however do include that fact as well. And maybe if they offer trials" ....which clearly makes it sound like you're asking for a product recommendation. | |
| Jun 20, 2019 at 6:11 | history | asked | martixy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |