Timeline for Why are software recommendations on topic?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:45 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jun 24, 2016 at 14:04 | vote | accept | Andrea Lazzarotto | ||
| Jun 19, 2016 at 16:28 | answer | added | muru | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jun 19, 2016 at 16:03 | comment | added | Jacob Vlijm | @AndreaLazzarotto well, if it exists, it might be useful to mention of course. Mention the existence of a package (or multiple) is definitely not opinion based. Not even if you mention pros and cons, as long as they are objective. | |
| Jun 19, 2016 at 16:02 | comment | added | Andrea Lazzarotto | @JacobVlijm on a more serious note, the fact that a software is an alternative to another one is sometimes source of huge debates among people. I mean, there are people who do not consider GIMP to be a Photoshop alternative, just to make an example. | |
| Jun 19, 2016 at 16:01 | comment | added | Andrea Lazzarotto | @JacobVlijm ah, well if you put it that way. So a correct answer to "Is there an alternative?" would be either "yes" or "no", without actually mentioning the alternative. A bit useless IMHO, but I agree in that case it would be suitable for this site. Still a bit borderline because that was probably not the answer the OP is looking for. :D | |
| Jun 19, 2016 at 15:57 | comment | added | Jacob Vlijm | Hi @AndreaLazzarotto . Read carefully. OP is not asking for the best. How could it be opinion based? It exists or not. Actual question. | |
| Jun 19, 2016 at 15:52 | comment | added | Andrea Lazzarotto | @Seth, ok point taken, but still too broad, opinion-based questions for recommendations do not belong here. | |
| Jun 19, 2016 at 15:49 | answer | added | terdon | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jun 19, 2016 at 15:37 | comment | added | Seth Mod | "The rationale is: if it belongs to a different website, it should be migrated there." No, the rationale is: if it doesn't belong here, maybe it belongs somewhere else. We only send questions away if they don't fit here. Migrations are a lucky last resort, not the goal. | |
| Jun 19, 2016 at 12:24 | answer | added | user364819 | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jun 19, 2016 at 12:24 | comment | added | edwinksl | I think we do need an explicit and clear policy regarding this so that we know what questions should be flagged. | |
| Jun 19, 2016 at 12:17 | comment | added | user423626 | I agree. We even have a softwarerecs.stackexchange.com | |
| Jun 19, 2016 at 12:08 | history | asked | Andrea Lazzarotto | CC BY-SA 3.0 |