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Okay - any examples? To back up your assertion that they were closed merely because the OP was a beginner?

by V-2 13y ago

zem 13y ago
here's one example i remember arguing against: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5486945/asking-for-algorithm-to-solve-the-eight-queens-puzzle/5487538#5487538 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5486945/asking-for-algori... the question was "closed as duplicate" in a knee-jerk manner, whereas if you note that the questioner is a beginner, and read what they're actually asking, pointing out the duplicate is useless.
- V-2 13y ago
  Closing it as a duplicate is only debatable, in worst case. Hardly an impressive example of how SO is generally getting "negative". I see no element of malice or bad will at all. I can't see how the alleged prejudice against new members was involved, either. The OP had asked nearly 50 questions before asking the one that got closed off as a duplicate - only 2 out of the 50 were closed, and some were highly appreciated by the community (+16 votes). The misjudgement itself is also far from obvious. Furthermore, the question is 2.5 years old to start with - not a short time, given that SO itself is 5 years old, and it didn't gain its wild popularity from day 1. And if I understand well, SO "turning negative", which is what magic_man is alarming us, is not supposed to be old news, but a recent troubling phenomenon. Also before the question was closed, the OP was given an answer that he himself marked as accepted - so he got his problem solved! As for the duplicate thing - well, the other question contains a fully working (after corrections) code sample that does precisely what the OP wanted. The "ok" function is testing the diagonals. Note that this guy "garima" wasn't specific about what exactly he struggled with trying to implement the algorithm that checks diagonals. He only asked "how to do it". Broad question - broad answer: here's code that does just that, go figure. Had he had further doubts (eg. understanding the code from Mister Bunker's question), noone would stop him to ask another one question, targetting some particular difficulties. Many people in this thread supported the notion that SO is so negative (sharply chosen words like "snobbery", "arrogance" etc. were used), but the example you gave is EVERYTHING I got that's supposed to substantiate this claim, even though I specifically asked about examples... This is why I remain unconvinced

Okay - any examples? To back up your assertion that they were closed merely because the OP was a beginner?

by V-2 13y ago

Okay - any examples? To back up your assertion that they were closed merely because the OP was a beginner?

zem 13y ago

here's one example i remember arguing against: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5486945/asking-for-algorithm-to-solve-the-eight-queens-puzzle/5487538#5487538 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5486945/asking-for-algori... the question was "closed as duplicate" in a knee-jerk manner, whereas if you note that the questioner is a beginner, and read what they're actually asking, pointing out the duplicate is useless.

V-2 13y ago
Closing it as a duplicate is only debatable, in worst case. Hardly an impressive example of how SO is generally getting "negative". I see no element of malice or bad will at all. I can't see how the alleged prejudice against new members was involved, either. The OP had asked nearly 50 questions before asking the one that got closed off as a duplicate - only 2 out of the 50 were closed, and some were highly appreciated by the community (+16 votes). The misjudgement itself is also far from obvious. Furthermore, the question is 2.5 years old to start with - not a short time, given that SO itself is 5 years old, and it didn't gain its wild popularity from day 1. And if I understand well, SO "turning negative", which is what magic_man is alarming us, is not supposed to be old news, but a recent troubling phenomenon. Also before the question was closed, the OP was given an answer that he himself marked as accepted - so he got his problem solved! As for the duplicate thing - well, the other question contains a fully working (after corrections) code sample that does precisely what the OP wanted. The "ok" function is testing the diagonals. Note that this guy "garima" wasn't specific about what exactly he struggled with trying to implement the algorithm that checks diagonals. He only asked "how to do it". Broad question - broad answer: here's code that does just that, go figure. Had he had further doubts (eg. understanding the code from Mister Bunker's question), noone would stop him to ask another one question, targetting some particular difficulties. Many people in this thread supported the notion that SO is so negative (sharply chosen words like "snobbery", "arrogance" etc. were used), but the example you gave is EVERYTHING I got that's supposed to substantiate this claim, even though I specifically asked about examples... This is why I remain unconvinced