Timeline for Why was this question about computer monitors closed?
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| Nov 12, 2010 at 20:12 | comment | added | Ben McCormack | @Michael Super User isn't the only place with "red flag" words that will get your post shut down. On cooking.stackexchange.com, it was recipes which would get your question closed quickly. I've never liked the attitude towards "red flag" content where they get quickly closed with no explanation other than a link to the FAQ. Perhaps the "red flag" terms will draw attention to the content, but mods should still evaluate the question to see if it is quality content for the site. If they don't have time to do that, so be it, but I think that would be a much better approach. | |
| Nov 11, 2010 at 7:43 | comment | added | BinaryMisfit Mod | @Michael. Just for interest sake. Majority of closed questions that are bad are from drive by posters, who never ever come back. Super User especially has a lot of these due to it's target audience. Most new users that are interested in staying will either on Meta, or email query the close if they did not read the FAQ, and either improve the question or ask a better one. Those are the users we want to keep. We have no issue with "losing" users. We want high quality content from high quality users. It's always been the goal. | |
| Nov 9, 2010 at 21:02 | comment | added | Sathyajith Bhat Mod | @Michael majority of questions that are likely to be closed leave no scope for editing it into one which is acceptable. The ones which perhaps have the scope will be done by the community users, assuming the question is interesting enough. | |
| Nov 9, 2010 at 15:40 | comment | added | James Mertz | @MichaelPaulukonis again with the volume of questions that are seen in the Super User community makes the job of moderators paying attention to every aspect of the question near impossible. It is the responsibility of the questioner to write good questions in the first place, and make edits when necessary. Mods, and more experienced users can make changes to the questions but this is not their responsibility but rather privilege and choice. | |
| Nov 9, 2010 at 15:28 | comment | added | Michael Paulukonis | A new user would more than likely interpret a closed answer as "bad", especially if no explanation is given. Knee-jerk flagging for red-flag terms is knee-jerk, not useful. If the question/answer are usefull, but there's a red-flag term -- aren't there better avenuews for removing whatever irritates you, rather than the almost-nuclear-option? | |
| Nov 8, 2010 at 21:01 | comment | added | Sathyajith Bhat Mod | Just a note: You can still edit your closed question and flag for mod attention if you feel your edits are sufficient. And as @Diago mentioned, commenting on each closed question as to why it was closed isn't really realistic, although most people do tend to leave a comment. | |
| Nov 8, 2010 at 17:47 | comment | added | BinaryMisfit Mod | @Ben Again KronoS answered the same as I would. We do not comment on every question we close, simply because the close reasons are all well described and motivated. Also closed questions can be re-opened, and when flagged to be we do look at them again. If I commented on every question I close, I would be on the site the whole day having to justify why. | |
| Nov 8, 2010 at 17:28 | comment | added | James Mertz | @BenMcCormack As a new user you should realize that a closed question really isn't that bad, and can be reopened. Also with the amount of questions that mods have to sift through, if they were to comment on every question as to why it was closed nothing else would be done. That's why doing what you did in posting the question on the meta site was and is always going to be the best thing to have. | |
| Nov 8, 2010 at 16:58 | comment | added | Ben McCormack | @KronoS I see what you are saying about "NEVER use the words 'purchase, buy, etc." However, as an infrequent user of the site, I wasn't aware that this was a "red flag" to have the question closed. A little note of explanation to go with the close would have been quite helpful. Either way, thanks for your feedback. | |
| Nov 8, 2010 at 16:56 | comment | added | Ben McCormack | @Diago, I understand the desire for me to rephrase the question and I'll certainly do that. I guess my concern is that question was closed without 1) giving me the opportunity to rephrase the question before it was closed OR 2) offering a comment as why it was closed and what could be done to re-open it. | |
| Nov 8, 2010 at 16:27 | comment | added | BinaryMisfit Mod | +1 Couldn't have said it better. @Ben As suggested, rephrase the question a bit if possible. | |
| Nov 8, 2010 at 16:01 | history | answered | James Mertz | CC BY-SA 2.5 |