Timeline for Move a question to another SE site
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| Sep 12, 2011 at 1:29 | comment | added | surfasb | I love the attitude. The buck stops here. | |
| Aug 31, 2011 at 20:44 | comment | added | ChrisF | @MaQleod - I'm a moderator on Programmers and nhinkle is right. We don't accept "What language should I learn?" questions. It even says so in our FAQ | |
| Aug 31, 2011 at 20:41 | comment | added | nhinkle Mod | @MaQleod I'm not the one who even handled that flag, I'm just explaining our policy. I can say however that we can't afford to hand-hold every low quality post. That question would not have been suitable for Programmers.SE regardless of how much editing it got - they don't accept "which language should I learn" questions. It is a network-wide policy not to migrate low-quality questions, which this one was. | |
| Aug 31, 2011 at 20:30 | comment | added | MaQleod | I guess I don't see it as passing the buck, and maybe that is because I am not a mod, but I was under the impression that mods were supposed to do some coaching to help improve questions and answers to improve the quality of the site(s). How does what happened here do that? The question had potential if it were just coached a bit. Maybe it is not solely the mods responsibility, but if a mod closes it outright, I believe it then becomes the mod's responsibility to at least give a pointer or push it in the right direction. Leaving it dead in the water helps no one. | |
| Aug 31, 2011 at 20:23 | comment | added | nhinkle Mod | I can tell you from having talked to the Programming.SE mods quite a bit that they would not have wanted to take the extra time to close it themselves, and would have chastised our mods for sending it their way. A comment might have been helpful, but making it another site's problem would not be appropriate. | |
| Aug 31, 2011 at 20:23 | comment | added | Simon Sheehan | @MaQleod The mods cannot chase after every question and improve them to fit the site - they have a LOT to handle as is. | |
| Aug 31, 2011 at 20:22 | comment | added | MaQleod | I agree it could have used some help, but wouldn't their mods providing the guidance for the question be better than just outright closing it? How will the OP learn if it is closed as Off-topic with no further comments? Their mods would be best suited for explaining further on that site. | |
| Aug 31, 2011 at 20:21 | history | edited | Simon Sheehan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 31, 2011 at 20:19 | history | answered | nhinkleMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |