Timeline for Suggestions for updating our FAQ
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| Jul 25, 2012 at 5:54 | comment | added | slhck Mod | It's not about being responsible or not – the main problem is always that people are quick to suggest anything they know, without any specific references or further explanations on how to actually solve a problem. And then there's others who toss out votes on that. Questions that encourage these kinds of polling are per se not constructive. There's always a way to do your research before and ask for specific and factual advice. I guess your example would fall in this category, if asked properly (and I'm sure the community would help to tailor such a question in shape). @Everett | |
| Jul 24, 2012 at 21:14 | comment | added | Everett | 1) I haven't tried one yet, I want to know which one will work to remove blivit virus from my system. I get your point, but some people just will not do more than exactly what they are told. Sometimes, you will be recommending, "McAfee, and Kaspersky are both known to remove it." At that point you leave them to the choice, and you aren't responsible for their choice. | |
| Jul 24, 2012 at 21:03 | comment | added | slhck Mod | ad 1) Which antivirus have you already tried? and ad 2) That seems legitimate.. just don't ask for recommendations but how you could do that and what you've already attempted yourself. Then it should be specific enough. The main issue are posts like "What's the best tool to foo the bar on Windows?" et cetera. @eve | |
| Jul 24, 2012 at 20:57 | comment | added | Everett | Using the statement Shopping or product recommendations, would these questions be allowed: I believe my computer has just contracted the blivit virus. Does anyone have a recommendation which antivirus will remove it? How about: I currently use SNORT as an IPS to protect a small subnet. Is there any software that interfaces with it that will log all x situations and notify me only when a threshold is reached? Both of these questions seem like very legitimate questions for an ability to do something based off of a software recommendation. | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 22:39 | history | edited | Tamara Wijsman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 22, 2012 at 17:29 | comment | added | Daniel Beck Mod | Since the other items are so much longer anyway, we should probably change it to Questions asking for product or shopping recommendations. Recommending something in an answer is fine according to our recent discussion in chat, it's the asking that's the problem. | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 17:27 | comment | added | Daniel Beck Mod | Thanks @slhck for bringing this up. | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 11:56 | comment | added | slhck | Alright.. Thanks, Ivo! | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 11:55 | comment | added | slhck | And FWIW, Daniel and me are certainly not the only ones who want this changed ;) Daniel still has an open, well received feature request about that issue. | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 11:55 | comment | added | Ivo Flipse Mod | I've updated it with your suggestion | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 11:48 | history | answered | slhck | CC BY-SA 3.0 |