Timeline for Suggestions for updating our FAQ
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| Jun 22, 2012 at 22:35 | comment | added | Tamara Wijsman | Note that whether it can be found on Google is pretty much dependent on what search terms are used, did you mean "crash", "crashed", "hang", "hung", "freeze", "freezing", "frozen", "halt", "halted" or perhaps "stopped". Probably there are others I can't even think off. Now which one would I take to figure out why my Windows Live Messenger just hung? I know I can Google it by using the right terms, but that doesn't make my question off-topic. Did you know Process Explorer then showed me WLM was using tons of CPU, then in the Threads I saw Flash was the culprit. How would Google tell me that? :( | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 20:00 | comment | added | nhinkle Mod | that's... very verbose. | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 17:48 | comment | added | James Mertz | I agree that recommendations are off-topic, BUT a criterion for Google search simplicity can't be regulated and shouldn't. | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 17:02 | comment | added | soandos | Within some limit, yes, I will downvote. I am not requiring the the answer cannot be found using google, but it should not be so simple. What is simple? To some degree it is subjective, but I think the quiries listed above are ones that everyone would agree are simple | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 16:57 | comment | added | James Mertz | I disagree. There is a fine line between useless questions and questions are may appear simple to one, but not to another. What defines a "simple google" search? What if my Google-Fu skills aren't as good as yours. Are you going to punish me for that? | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 16:54 | comment | added | soandos | @KronoS, if a simple google search can solve the question it should be downvoted anyway | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 15:32 | comment | added | James Mertz | While Super User isn't a replacement for Google, there are many simple questions that are solved with a simple Google search and still on-topic for this site. Besides, Google often times points to Super User for some questions. | |
| S Jun 22, 2012 at 9:43 | history | answered | soandos | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
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