As a counterpoint: The more specific your guidelines are the more you have people who will attempt to abuse them pedantically (see reddit for so many examples).

As a counterpoint: The more specific your guidelines are the more you have people who will attempt to abuse them pedantically (see reddit for so many examples). They will also become rules, rather than guidelines. I think the idea may be that they want the community to use these as guidelines and interpret them as appropriate to keep the site mature and pointed in the right direction.