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So says the sites' FAQ: > You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face. Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the
by Tobu 15y ago
So says the sites' FAQ:
> You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face. Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the usefulness of our site and push other questions off the front page.
The ability to decide what Stack Overflow is and isn't is what makes it a community, and not a jumble like Yahoo Answers.
And the specifics of closing questions don't have the violence of Wikipedia deletions. I don't approve of deleting user-contributed content, especially when it takes effort to build; closing on SO removes linking to the question, adds a little explanatory blurb, and diverts new attention away from the question. It doesn't destroy user contributions.
- GigabyteCoin 15y agoNow you (and the site's rules) are just getting pedantic. What's the legal definition of a "Chatty, open-ended question" or a "practicable, answerable question"? No question is un-answerable or impracticable imho. Those are some very ridiculous requirements if you ask me, and 300 odd other people who voted in favor of this question and it's answers. P.S. in the midst of all this argument... CasperOne has added and removed his vote of no confidence for this question. It is now "closed as not constructive by Tim Cooper, lwburk, Tobu, 一二三, Graviton 8 hours ago". So which is it then?