Timeline for Should "What are the advantages of X" questions be closed?
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| Jun 15, 2015 at 18:39 | comment | added | Raystafarian | I think a better example of how this type of question should stay open would be "how does A do x differently than B?" Not "Compare A and B for me" - it needs to be specific. | |
| Jun 15, 2015 at 9:11 | comment | added | Erik I | @FranckDernoncourt thanks for the support. I'd like to disagree on the importance of consistency though: "delete everything" and "accept everything" are possibly two of the most consistent ways we can deal with questions and answers but I think the answer is in between. The law is of course for the lawless and having rules that can be used to close opinion based questions and uncronstructive questions is a good thing, -as long as people don't start applying them just because they can. | |
| Jun 11, 2015 at 16:35 | comment | added | Franck Dernoncourt | @Erik I agree there is way to much closing on SE, but I find inconsistent moderation even worse. I fully agree with your answer. | |
| Jun 11, 2015 at 10:35 | comment | added | Erik I | @FranckDernoncourt: sitting down and closing all is the basis of much annoyance on stackexchange. Ideally I'd be arguing for changing the rules as a whole lot of the most useful questions here has later been retroactively marked as "not constructive" (sweet irony there) but for now let me argue for not applying "not constructive" just because we can. | |
| Jun 11, 2015 at 10:29 | comment | added | Erik I | @random : what prevents it from being both? | |
| Jun 10, 2015 at 17:53 | comment | added | random Mod | Who's to say if a pro isn't really a con? Not being able to read DVDs natively might be a pro for one person, a con for a dozen others. Instead better to direct the question in a way where you can get pointed information of how it can be solved, not a list of things to compare @cor | |
| Jun 10, 2015 at 17:05 | comment | added | corsiKa | How is an objective analysis of the pros and cons of a decision opinion based? I'm not saying these questions are good, but I do not think they are opinion based. | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 18:21 | comment | added | Franck Dernoncourt | IMHO each question should be subject to the same treatment. That's my definition of consistency. | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 0:01 | comment | added | random Mod | Consistency in applying, not necessarily to run the blanket in one fell swoop, but as it appears, as it comes across | |
| Jun 8, 2015 at 20:14 | comment | added | Franck Dernoncourt | " Not necessarily to sit there and close them all when you're trying to prove a point." -> isn't consistency one of the basis of moderation? | |
| Jun 7, 2015 at 23:11 | history | answered | randomMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |