Timeline for What should I do with an off-topic question that has an accepted answer?
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| Mar 9, 2016 at 19:54 | comment | added | Jacob Vlijm | @bodhi.zazen agreed. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 19:53 | comment | added | Panther | And that is why it is a good thing that 5 votes are required for moderation so as to avoid extremes or moderation by just one person. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 19:51 | comment | added | Jacob Vlijm | @bodhi.zazen I must say my perspective is the question and the q/a combination, not so much the person who asks, nor what he will do or not in future. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 19:49 | comment | added | Panther | Probably, but when the OP is not using Ubuntu IMHO they are better served by moving the question as is the case with this question rather then continuing to attempt to receive support here. In the case where they are asking a general question but using Ubuntu, leave it here. Again sort of a soft call, but the OP is using Oracle Linux, so next question is more likely to be off topic. When they are using Ubuntu the next question is more likely on topic, so IMHO the deciding factor is where should they be directed for future support ? | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 19:45 | comment | added | Jacob Vlijm | @bodhi.zazen my impression is then that we can move appr. 80% of the questions here to other se sites, maybe more. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 19:36 | comment | added | Panther | Well it is a soft call, but, IMHO I see this site as Ubuntu specific. IMHO it is best to move more generic questions to unix.stackexchange.com/questions as it is more likely to help those with generic questions on unix SE , but at the end of the day, I am not sure it matters. I tend to favor the close as off topic as it is not Ubuntu specific and the answer stays, | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 19:00 | comment | added | Jacob Vlijm | Sure, but what is the use of having it marked as off-topic, while it is on-topic with a little edit. Being marked as off-topic degrades the question, while the (solution to the) issue is of some importance to a broader range of situations. Browsing through a (possibly long) list of answers, I would skip off-topic questions unknowingly more easily. Rules are important, unless they do not serve their goal, or even work against them. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 18:01 | comment | added | muru | How are we throwing out the baby with the bathwater here? Remember this is closing the question, not deleting it. And closed questions with accepted, upvoted answers aren't automatically deleted either. The baby remains with us. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 17:28 | history | edited | Jacob Vlijm | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 9, 2016 at 14:21 | history | edited | Jacob Vlijm | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 9, 2016 at 13:35 | comment | added | Jacob Vlijm | @CarlH Excellent idea, I'd say in this case we can, since it is proven to be irrelevant. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 13:33 | comment | added | Carl H | What if I edit out the mention of Oracle Linux, thus making it an on-topic general question about gsettings? | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 13:32 | vote | accept | Carl H | ||
| Mar 9, 2016 at 13:28 | history | edited | Jacob Vlijm | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 9, 2016 at 13:22 | history | answered | Jacob Vlijm | CC BY-SA 3.0 |