The problem with those questions is that they tend not only to generate polls about the "most popular resource" but also "link-only answers" that we hate too much. For example:

• What GIMP tutorials are available? (closed and in process of being deleted): the only answer that apart of not having a link, is the only which removing the link we still get a bit of information, yet without the name of the book I get no information about how to use GIMP.
• http://askubuntu.com/q/163757/169736: The OP ask for another tutorial since the one he's following "doesn't work". Instead of focusing in diagnosing why it doesn't work, the answer instead provide a link to a translated tutorial. If we remove the request for a tutorial on the question, we get a unclear question, and the answer only value aspect is starting pulseaudio with verbose options, but wouldn't help since PA is already started.
• How to learn vim on a high level? (closed and in process of being deleted): this is more useful than the GIMP one... but still is just many vague tips about what to do (open vim-tutor), what to see (lots of videos) or what read (ALL the links to SO and Programmers.SE are dead). The only valuable tip is vim-tutor and lots of "opinionated tips" like changing CapsLock-Esc (btw, I use caps as much as escape), etc.

There are many more, but those are exhibits that normally, questions asking "where do I start" do not fit the QA format and fair poorly in this site as they don't tend to generate quality answers (and I'm not talking about "upvotes" but face value).

The problem with those questions is that they tend not only to generate polls about the "most popular resource" but also "link-only answers" that we hate too much. For example:

• What GIMP tutorials are available? (closed and in process of being deleted): the only answer that apart of not having a link, is the only which removing the link we still get a bit of information, yet without the name of the book I get no information about how to use GIMP.
• https://askubuntu.com/q/163757/169736: The OP ask for another tutorial since the one he's following "doesn't work". Instead of focusing in diagnosing why it doesn't work, the answer instead provide a link to a translated tutorial. If we remove the request for a tutorial on the question, we get a unclear question, and the answer only value aspect is starting pulseaudio with verbose options, but wouldn't help since PA is already started.
• How to learn vim on a high level? (closed and in process of being deleted): this is more useful than the GIMP one... but still is just many vague tips about what to do (open vim-tutor), what to see (lots of videos) or what read (ALL the links to SO and Programmers.SE are dead). The only valuable tip is vim-tutor and lots of "opinionated tips" like changing CapsLock-Esc (btw, I use caps as much as escape), etc.

There are many more, but those are exhibits that normally, questions asking "where do I start" do not fit the QA format and fair poorly in this site as they don't tend to generate quality answers (and I'm not talking about "upvotes" but face value).