Timeline for Do we -always- close posts if they are not exclusively about Ubuntu?
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| Feb 9, 2019 at 6:41 | comment | added | Zanna Mod | @pomsky same here. I argued extensively against that in chat. Thanks for posting! | |
| Feb 8, 2019 at 21:36 | comment | added | pomsky | But @terdon I don't feel very comfortable with the idea of others editing the original question either, I mentioned that at the end of my answer: meta.askubuntu.com/a/18429/480481 | |
| Feb 3, 2019 at 21:14 | comment | added | terdon Mod | @JacobVlijm I don't make the policy. If you want to change the scope of the site, go ahead and open a meta discussion explaining your desired topic definition. But, as it stands, we have decided that this site is only about Ubuntu. So that question was correctly closed. If you know the question is equally applicable to Ubuntu, then edit the question to make it on topic. I still don't get why you didn't do that and instead want to change the entire site's scope. | |
| Feb 3, 2019 at 20:38 | comment | added | Jacob Vlijm | @terdon ANY rule should be able to handle exceptions. Read the definitions for closing posts on SE, SO or whatever: "posts, not useful to the site". Read the question: not useful to the site? Again: keeping a rule to to keep the rule is, well.... | |
| Feb 3, 2019 at 19:08 | comment | added | terdon Mod | Also, since you knew that this was a distro-agnostic issue, you could have edited the question to make it on topic. I really don't understand why you didn't do that and instead came here with exaggerations like "hurts my eyes" and "you shouldn't be pushing buttons". | |
| Feb 3, 2019 at 19:06 | comment | added | terdon Mod | @JacobVlijm we have a clear policy: if you're not running Ubuntu, then your question is off topic. You chose to answer an off topic question, thereby increasing the information available on the site and helping the OP. Great! Then, other users correctly voted to close since GalliumOS is not Ubuntu and questions concerning it don't belong here, thereby clearing up the site. Also great! So this seems like the best possible outcome: the site remains on topic and the OP has an answer. Your stance here seems very odd. The post won't be deleted, it's there, just closed. So what else do you want? | |
| Feb 3, 2019 at 18:21 | comment | added | Jacob Vlijm | "We need a simple policy" no, we need good decisions. If a policy leads to a waist of relevant info, you have to ask yourself. If you doubt if an issue is distro specific, close! If you can't see cases like the linked question aren't distro specific however, you shouldn't be pushing the buttons at all. | |
| Feb 3, 2019 at 18:14 | history | answered | ZannaMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |