Timeline for Purpose of protecting a closed question?
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| Apr 2, 2018 at 22:08 | comment | added | Elder Geek | It may have been a knee-jerk reaction on my part to protect it. I don't think we want to prevent all new answers though. I don't know what's in the pipeline being developed that might be a worthy member of the list, but that doesn't mean there isn't anything... | |
| Apr 2, 2018 at 21:52 | comment | added | Eliah Kagan | @ElderGeek I might be missing something, but it looks to me like that question was open for well over two years, during which time it only ever got two answers that ended up being deleted. So I don't think it makes sense to have protected that question at this time (though, having done so, you may want to see what other people think before unprotecting it). The purpose of protection is to prevent things from being posted as answers that would qualify as NAA, VLQ, spam, or rude/abusive. If the goal is to prevent all new answers, then it should either get a historical lock or remain closed. | |
| Apr 2, 2018 at 21:37 | comment | added | Elder Geek | I think this is an example ot the rare situation where it would make sense. meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17804/… | |
| Mar 26, 2018 at 14:26 | vote | accept | WinEunuuchs2Unix | ||
| Mar 26, 2018 at 14:24 | comment | added | Eliah Kagan | @WinEunuuchs2Unix Sure--I agree it makes sense to be more explicit about that, so I've edited in a note about that to the end of this answer. | |
| Mar 26, 2018 at 14:24 | history | edited | Eliah Kagan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added note reiterating and presenting more details about the limited effect of protecting a queston
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| Mar 25, 2018 at 14:14 | comment | added | WinEunuuchs2Unix | Would it be important to note that protecting a question you've nominated for reopening has not effect on it being closed again in the future? ie, some might interpret the dual actions of "reopen & protect" as reducing chances of future closes but that isn't true? | |
| Mar 24, 2018 at 23:43 | history | edited | Eliah Kagan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
fixed a typo that could be interpreted to change the meaning
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| Mar 24, 2018 at 23:18 | history | answered | Eliah Kagan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |