Timeline for Why and When are closed questions deleted?
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| Nov 25, 2013 at 17:05 | comment | added | barlop | @Ramhound notice also how it was closed "closed as primarily opinion-based ...Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise." (so, if a question is somewhat opinion based, but not primarily so, then they might accept it on programmers, though not on stackoverflow) | |
| Nov 25, 2013 at 17:03 | comment | added | barlop | @Ramhound When I say subjective, I mean for example in the way that superuser questions get labelled subjective, like opinion based things. Look at the comment here. somebody asked a bad question.. programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/218749/… but a comment was that while they didn't like that question 'cos it's not good as a discussion forum, the comment said " programmers.s.e is more appropriate for opinion-based questions than SO" | |
| Nov 22, 2013 at 21:10 | comment | added | barlop | @Ramhound Do you think a large number of good questions on programmers.stackexchange would be considered subjective if on stackoverflow? | |
| Nov 22, 2013 at 20:04 | comment | added | Ramhound | @barlop - I disagree the majority of questions on programmers.stackexchange.com are subjective. | |
| Nov 22, 2013 at 19:12 | comment | added | barlop | @Ramhound yes but there are lots of questions on programmers.stackexchange (maybe the majority?) that would be considered too subjective for stackoverflow, that are not too subjective for programmers.stackexchange, but are still considered good questions. | |
| Nov 22, 2013 at 14:07 | comment | added | Ramhound | @barlop - A subjective programming question is a bad programming question. Most good questions on programmers.stackexchange.com or stackoverflow.com are not actually subjective. | |
| Nov 21, 2013 at 13:44 | comment | added | barlop | @slhck You seem to have misunderstood me. I am not talking about a site like stackoverflow changing to allow subjective questions and be like programming stackexchange site, nor am I talking about a site like superuser changing to allow subjective questions or -any- existing site changing!(and nor am I talking about bad subjective questions) So, what I asked was, Is there still no stackexchange site for subjective questions from superuser? why not? no doubt people must have requested it. the programming stackexchange is quite subjective | |
| Nov 21, 2013 at 13:37 | comment | added | slhck Mod | Each community has to define their scope themselves. What works on Programmers does not necessarily have to work here or on Stack Overflow. But that's not really related to this issue. Many questions get upvotes and favorites simply because they are funny, or about things everyone has asked themselves. But that does not mean they're representative of what this site is primarily about. They attract traffic for the wrong content. | |
| Nov 21, 2013 at 13:33 | comment | added | barlop | @slhck yes I don't mean a site for bad subjective questions obviously(you think I or anybody wants a site for bad subjective questions?!). programmers stackexchange has lots of subjective questions and nobody claims it doesn't work well for them. And if a question there isn't subjective it can go on stackoverflow can't it? | |
| Nov 21, 2013 at 13:29 | comment | added | slhck Mod | There are good and bad subjective questions. Programmers allow the former. There will never be a Stack Exchange site for purely aubjective questions, because it doesn't work with this system. A forum is better suited for discussion. | |
| Nov 21, 2013 at 13:25 | comment | added | barlop | @Sathya Of course deleting them is a deterrent. But broken windows aren't of value to anybody, whereas a subjective question with upvotes and answers voted up that has been considered by people to valuable to them, is. Is there still no stackexchange site for subjective questions from superuser? why not? no doubt people must have requested it. the programming stackexchange is quite subjective | |
| Nov 21, 2013 at 13:02 | comment | added | Sathyajith Bhat Mod | @barlop because broken windows | |
| Nov 21, 2013 at 12:48 | comment | added | barlop | is it really good to delete a question deemed unsuitable for the site because of subjectivity, when the question is of great value to people(high votes, many favorites). Why not have a function that means No more answers can be posted to a question, not just elegible for deletion. | |
| Nov 21, 2013 at 10:24 | comment | added | Sathyajith Bhat Mod | Why aren't more questions deleted? | |
| Nov 21, 2013 at 10:24 | comment | added | slhck Mod | I'll look up the numbers later, but why should you close a question when you don't want it deleted at some point? Put differently, the whole idea of closing is to make them eligible for deletion later. | |
| Nov 21, 2013 at 10:18 | history | asked | barlop | CC BY-SA 3.0 |