Timeline for Asking for 2nd opinion on moderator-closed question
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| Nov 6, 2022 at 13:12 | history | edited | Giacomo1968 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 23, 2022 at 10:53 | comment | added | Keve | @DavidPostill Thanks for the detailed explanation. I must admit that the perspective you described is one I did not consider. And this does put the decision-to-close under a different evaluation. It would be difficult not to understand this approach, at a certain level I even have to agree with it. Yet, the validity of this perspective AGAINST the question belonging in SuperUser does not seem to contradict the validity of points mentioned here in favour of it. The two sets seem to coexist. Being a moderator is not an easy thing, I conclude. :-) | |
| Oct 23, 2022 at 3:22 | history | edited | DavidPostillMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 23, 2022 at 2:53 | comment | added | NotTheDr01ds | I'm sorry, I strongly disagree. This site has a long history of "why" and "how" questions that are simply from those seeking knowledge rather than trying to solve a "problem". Just working from two of the highest voted, What are the Windows A: and B: drives used for? (997 score) (and Transatlantic ping faster than sending a pixel to the screen? (859 score). And there are, I'm sure, literally hundreds of others. As the help says, questions that inspire "How" or "Why" are considered exceptions to the rule. | |
| Oct 23, 2022 at 2:37 | comment | added | DavidPostill Mod | @NotTheDr01ds No, it is not a "actual problems that you face.". That makes it off-topic. | |
| Oct 23, 2022 at 2:35 | comment | added | NotTheDr01ds | But also regarding your comment "I would therefore have closed it as off-topic as well." -- Given the two reasons you mentioned, shouldn't it have been closed as "Needs focus" or "Opinion" rather than "Off/topic - Not about hardware/software"? | |
| Oct 23, 2022 at 2:33 | comment | added | NotTheDr01ds | Agree that it is too broad, as I mentioned in my answer, and I also considered whether it violated the "actual problems" rule. But you quote the "actual problems" rule without the full context. The "Avoid asking" goes on to say that "Some subjective questions are allowed.... Constructive subjective questions ... inspire answers that explain “why” and “how”". This question is clearly a "How?" question. | |
| Oct 23, 2022 at 2:27 | history | answered | DavidPostillMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |