Timeline for How can bash question is on-topic and C programming off-topic?
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| Nov 16, 2015 at 9:17 | comment | added | kos | @edwardtorvalds Because it's not needed, as this is just my opinion, and I never meant to speak in behalf of the whole community or something; otherwise I'd have added sources to backup my assertions. Nonetheless I gave you a link where the community has expressed the same opinion as soon as you asked for one, I don't understand where's the problem. I never meant to give an "official" answer or something, I'm not entitled to do that: I just gave you my point of view. | |
| Nov 16, 2015 at 5:33 | comment | added | Alex Jones | @kos that was after posting the answer and after I asked for citation before that your answer was just a like unsupported myth with no citation. I mean until then you post your views and no rules | |
| Nov 15, 2015 at 9:50 | comment | added | kos | @edwardtorvalds I did give you a link to an answer tackling the same topic here: meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14682/…. Here's another one: meta.askubuntu.com/questions/10317/…. That being said, there's no need for me to backup my assertions, because your question is: "Why is X?", and I just gave my opinion on why being X is is not a wrong thing. | |
| Nov 15, 2015 at 9:31 | comment | added | Alex Jones | @kos but if you define rules of askubuntu, how can I believe you? should I believe you just because you are saying? or should I ask citation on rules? | |
| Nov 15, 2015 at 9:27 | comment | added | kos | @edwardtorvalds That's about the main site, not about Meta. Also sources on the main site are not needed either, although very welcome. | |
| Nov 15, 2015 at 9:11 | comment | added | Alex Jones | @kos Meta is for expressing opinions, and votes on Meta are meant to express agreement / disagreement agreed. there's no need to mention sources or anything, one can also write an answer such as "I don't want that because I don't like it" and upvotes on that would be fair, if we dont mention sources/references this happens. there is an old saying give citation it is for a reason | |
| Nov 15, 2015 at 9:07 | comment | added | kos | @edwardtorvalds See my comment on your answer. Meta is for expressing opinions, and votes on Meta are meant to express agreement / disagreement; there's no need to mention sources or anything, one can also write an answer such as "I don't want that because I don't like it" and upvotes on that would be fair, because the point is extabilishing how the community wants to coordinate relatively to certain topics. | |
| Nov 15, 2015 at 8:55 | comment | added | Alex Jones | You gave a big answer without citation and yet you got 5 voteups! this is how things work on this website? you give answers to make people happy even if it comes without proper citation/proof? | |
| Nov 15, 2015 at 8:37 | history | edited | kos | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 15, 2015 at 8:14 | comment | added | kos | @edwardtorvalds Also in this specific case, the Help Center pages don't cover the topic. In this case you fall back to highly scored Meta posts: see here (Overlapping Scopes -> Closure Considerations) | |
| Nov 15, 2015 at 8:09 | comment | added | kos | @edwardtorvalds Sure, on-topic and off-topic. For everything not covered in those pages, there's Meta. However let me clarify my point: the definition is arbitrary not because Stack Exchange or whoever single entity decides so, we (users like me and you) arbitrarily decide what is on-topic (by posting on Meta). I highly doubt that because it's long time (since this site borned) that C questions are off-topic, but If your post will ever happen to score very high, this arbitrary choice will surely be reversed. | |
| Nov 15, 2015 at 7:58 | comment | added | Alex Jones | there's no formal definition of what is on-topic and what is not: the definition is arbitrary. X is on-topic and Y is not. can you give link to page on this site that states clearly what is on topic or off-topic? | |
| Nov 14, 2015 at 14:09 | history | edited | muru | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 14, 2015 at 14:07 | comment | added | user364819 | Aww... Chairs are off-topic... :( :P | |
| Nov 14, 2015 at 12:55 | vote | accept | Alex Jones | ||
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| Nov 14, 2015 at 12:54 | comment | added | Alex Jones | example of Aristotle is funny and accurate :-) | |
| Nov 14, 2015 at 12:40 | history | answered | kos | CC BY-SA 3.0 |