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Among the comments: > Naming variables is expressly off-topic here. This question, and the answers to it, are the perfect showcase of why. – RegDwigнt The lin

by jolmg 6y ago

Among the comments: > Naming variables is expressly off-topic here. This question, and the answers to it, are the perfect showcase of why. – RegDwigнt The link "off-topic" in the notice eventually takes you to the help center which states: > But please, don’t ask any questions about the following topics. They are out of scope for this site. > * Naming, including naming programming variables/classes The question was edited, but the original version was about how to name a variable. That said, the reason why they're not allowed is not as apparent to me as it is to the mod that made the comment quoted above.

gojomo 6y ago
It seems every StackExchange site is overrun by sophomoric gatekeepers, searching for (& competing with each other?) to find any possible reason to shoot-down questions. It's so much easier to hit that 'downvote' or 'close' button than to actually try to understand the asker, or compose a meaningful answer, or even explain clearly why a question might truly need work. So, I see a lot of 'closes' from people who hardly ever answer any questions, and plenty by people who simply don't understand the question's domain enough to see that yes, that is a meaningful question with a compact, well-matched answer. And once closed, it seems no one really looks at 'reopen' requests, even after the question text improved.
- tracker1 6y ago
  Not speaking to this question... but I largely don't even participate in stackoverflow anymore as most questions seem to be what should be an RTFA, have an existing answer, or homework help for what is way beyond the scope of the site. It's frustrating when 9/10 of the questions aren't even deserving of an answer (at least that's my opinion) for the above reasons.
tracker1 6y ago
Gotcha on the edit... I saw a question that was more pertaining to documenting what a parameter is, which seems to be a valid question. Like other answers, portion or proportion seem like the most appropriate answer as part of a whole.

by jolmg 6y ago

gojomo 6y ago

It seems every StackExchange site is overrun by sophomoric gatekeepers, searching for (& competing with each other?) to find any possible reason to shoot-down questions. It's so much easier to hit that 'downvote' or 'close' button than to actually try to understand the asker, or compose a meaningful answer, or even explain clearly why a question might truly need work. So, I see a lot of 'closes' from people who hardly ever answer any questions, and plenty by people who simply don't understand the question's domain enough to see that yes, that is a meaningful question with a compact, well-matched answer. And once closed, it seems no one really looks at 'reopen' requests, even after the question text improved.

tracker1 6y ago
Not speaking to this question... but I largely don't even participate in stackoverflow anymore as most questions seem to be what should be an RTFA, have an existing answer, or homework help for what is way beyond the scope of the site. It's frustrating when 9/10 of the questions aren't even deserving of an answer (at least that's my opinion) for the above reasons.

tracker1 6y ago

Gotcha on the edit... I saw a question that was more pertaining to documenting what a parameter is, which seems to be a valid question. Like other answers, portion or proportion seem like the most appropriate answer as part of a whole.