Timeline for Flagging Old Questions as End of Standard Support or End of Life,
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| Jun 26, 2021 at 14:26 | comment | added | C.S.Cameron | @terdon: I don't know how you search, but when I search the questions and answers with the most up-votes come to the top. These are invariably the oldest most obsolete questions and answers. My question on CAELinux got closed and even I could not find it. We see most closed questions and answers because we have a rep over 1000. | |
| Jun 26, 2021 at 13:52 | comment | added | terdon | Not really. People search using search engines. The hay stack is basically the entire internet, whether a question is open or closed doesn't affect this one way or the other. In any case, closing won't make a difference. If the question has a positive score or an upvoted answer, it won't be deleted so closing will just add a message to it. If it doesn't have a positive score or an upvoted answer, it will be deleted automatically anyway. So spending time finding old questions just to mark them as closed doesn't seem to have any benefit. | |
| Jun 26, 2021 at 13:46 | comment | added | C.S.Cameron | @terdon I also find our rule against older releases pointless, but I think consistency is a good thing, it shows thought. If we are going to shut down questions about obsolete versions, shut them all down. At least if it is a new question about an obsolete version, we know someone needs an answer now. As a general rule, don't you think that creating a bigger hay stack makes the needle harder to find? | |
| Jun 26, 2021 at 13:26 | comment | added | terdon | @C.S.Cameron I didn't say I wanted to keep them. You said you wanted to close them and I am trying to understand what benefit you see in that. Personally, I have always found our rule against older releases pointless, but I accept that that's what the community wants. However, I don't see any benefit in actively searching for old questions to close them. Most of the information there will still be relevant and you never know what might come in useful so as a general rule I dislike making information harder to find. | |
| Jun 26, 2021 at 2:55 | comment | added | C.S.Cameron | @terdon: Why do you want to keep Questions like this: askubuntu.com/questions/1185037/… What does it offer our users. | |
| Jun 25, 2021 at 14:18 | comment | added | C.S.Cameron | They make trying to find a good answer like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Also if we are shutting down current answers for being past "end of standard support or end of life date", why would we not shut down old obsolete answers for the same reason? If a user wants an answer to a question, they want one that applies. Users tend to try answers with the highest up-votes first but these are often the oldest and most obsolete. | |
| Jun 25, 2021 at 13:31 | comment | added | terdon | Could you explain what benefit you see in closing these? If they are answered, they won't be deleted (which is a good thing IMO), so what difference does it make if they remain open or closed? | |
| Jun 24, 2021 at 8:32 | comment | added | C.S.Cameron | @Dan: I saw a notice about this a few weeks back in Ask Ubuntu General Room. I went looking for it a few minutes ago but could not locate it, so it may have been a few months ago. | |
| Jun 24, 2021 at 8:18 | comment | added | Dan | "My understanding is that AU now has plans to phase out old obsolete questions." What do you mean by that and where has this been mentioned. Personally, I'm against closing old questions simply because our review queues are too long and we don't have enough people reviewing to keep up. Pushing old questions to the queue will be a big problem as they can overshadow more recent posts. | |
| Jun 24, 2021 at 7:58 | comment | added | C.S.Cameron | @Nate: thanks for your reply, I agree, how do you make current a question about Unity or Remastersys? Sometimes these questions have 20 answers all of which are also obsolete. This must be frustrating for a new user. However some of the old questions can be brought up to date by adding "(and later)" after "12.10" or such. Better I think to just get rid of every question over five years old, (that has not been updated) and give the younger crowd a chance to provide some up to date answers and keep the site fresh. | |
| Jun 24, 2021 at 7:48 | answer | added | Levente | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 24, 2021 at 7:47 | answer | added | karel | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 24, 2021 at 7:23 | comment | added | C.S.Cameron | Thanks @muru for the comment, but the question did not point to any published AU rules. only to the OP's opinion, as far as I could see. The answers did not address the original question of EOL, but only commented on the subject of "This describes a problem that can't be reproduced...". My understanding is that AU now has plans to phase out old obsolete questions. I would like to know what the current published rules are about closing old obsolete questions and answers that would be off-topic if asked today? Why make a user walk a path through a maze of junk to get their question answered? | |
| Jun 24, 2021 at 6:15 | comment | added | Nate T | Is it even possible for an OP to update this type of question? At least in this case, changing to a supported version would be akin to posting a fictional issue with mismatching answers. I suppose there are some questions where the version is included at the very beginning, along with machine specs, just for context. Even then, unless OP were to actually test the premise of the question with his/ her current environment, we can't be sure of its validity. Still, youre right about the notification, just so they don't think they've done something wrong. And Im sure I am overlooking something.. | |
| Jun 24, 2021 at 6:15 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 24, 2021 at 5:52 | comment | added | muru | Does this answer your question? A note on flagging end of life questions | |
| Jun 24, 2021 at 4:12 | history | asked | C.S.Cameron | CC BY-SA 4.0 |