Timeline for Reputation reduced without any reason
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| Mar 16, 2017 at 21:01 | comment | added | terdon Mod | @Gilles yes, it does. And I've been talking about this with the other mods and am starting to accept that I was wrong here. I'll be opening another meta discussion about this soon. | |
| Mar 16, 2017 at 20:52 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | It's a good idea to keep duplicates of useful questions. Duplicates of undesirable questions are as undesirable as the master question and should be deleted, especially since their presence makes it impossible to close the master question even if it needs closing (which, in this case, it badly does). | |
| Mar 16, 2017 at 14:04 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek | Irs worth remembering though, if its off topic - if you answer is, there's a reasonable chance of closures, downvotes and other such things. If its off topic, flag or close and move on. Don't answer. | |
| Mar 16, 2017 at 13:55 | comment | added | muru | @terdon the system only prevents questions with identical titles from being posted and we know that's not much of a deterrent. And by "go through this" if you mean closing and deletion, why would that be a problem? We'd have to go through that irrespective of signposts. And I'd argue that removing any noise at all from search results is actively helping the site. | |
| Mar 16, 2017 at 13:50 | comment | added | terdon Mod | Also, a signpost to a question clearly marked as not being a good fit for the site, is useful since it indicates that this sort of thing is not wanted here. Deleting removes that indication and just invites people to ask the same thing again. | |
| Mar 16, 2017 at 13:49 | comment | added | terdon Mod | @muru well, that's actually "too broad" rather than off topic, but anyway, the main argument here is: 1) don't delete things that aren't actively harming the site and 2) deleting makes it more likely that the same identical question will be asked again and we'll have to go through this all over again. Deleting for the sake of deleting just isn't helpful. | |
| Mar 16, 2017 at 13:42 | comment | added | muru | @terdon why do we need signposts to off-topic questions? | |
| Mar 16, 2017 at 13:31 | comment | added | terdon Mod | @Zanna no, it wouldn't and shouldn't. It should be closed as a dupe. There's just no added value to deleting it. Well, apart from causing more work for the mods who have to explain to users what happened to their rep, that is. Dupes are useful. Deleting them only serves to remove signposts. And yes, it's good to keep them around in as many guises as possible to increase the chances of someone with the same question finding the dupe instead of posting the thing all over again. | |
| Mar 16, 2017 at 13:28 | comment | added | Zanna Mod | what is acheived is simply that the site has less rubbish. Old rubbish does not seem to prevent people from posting new rubbish, but in the absence of evidence either way it seems at least that we do a pretty good job of cleaning it up. That post wouldn't last 5 minutes if it was posted today imho. | |
| Mar 16, 2017 at 12:51 | comment | added | terdon Mod | @Zanna and what is achieved? That question is indeed rubbish, but we have a dupe target. Keeping the dupe means that next time someone tries to ask that question using the same terminology, they will be directed to the dupe. Next time someone searches using the same wording, they will find the closed dupe and be redirected to the target. Deleting it doesn't help, it only makes it harder for such questions not to be asked again. | |
| Mar 16, 2017 at 12:50 | comment | added | Jacob Vlijm | @Zanna meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16834/… | |
| Mar 16, 2017 at 12:21 | comment | added | Zanna Mod | @JacobVlijm Introduction to Ubuntu for Windows users | |
| Mar 16, 2017 at 12:11 | comment | added | Jacob Vlijm | @Zanna for my understanding: what was the question? | |
| Mar 16, 2017 at 12:02 | comment | added | Zanna Mod | the reasons are pretty clear to me too... that question is rubbish and like one commenter said, it could easily have been closed for other reasons | |
| Mar 16, 2017 at 9:35 | comment | added | Dhaval Simaria | Indeed that must be the reason. Got the rep back. Appreciate your efforts. | |
| Mar 16, 2017 at 9:32 | vote | accept | Dhaval Simaria | ||
| Mar 16, 2017 at 9:30 | history | answered | terdonMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |