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poolie
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I was thinking about this after reading these great slide decks by Jeff Atwood, which reemphasized to me that SO is not meant to be a forum or support site, and it isnot even meant to be not just afor one-off Q&A site, but rather something that generates general reusable articles.

I think closing these questions is the clearest path for this site to survive and flourish. The test needs to be not "would I like to help this person?" but rather "is having a page about this question going to be useful in future?"

I think AU needs a strong direction or consensus on this otherwise there may be pushback that it's unhelpful or negative to close a question when the person's clearly having trouble. Perhaps just closing with

Some specific actions when you see such a clear note will be enough.question:

  • comment advising the user to file a bug etc, with a link
  • don't downvote, the question is invalid not bad
  • flag for moderators or close them
  • ideally one of the moderators would add some banner text about not filing bugs here
  • flag

I was thinking about this after reading these great slide decks by Jeff Atwood, which reemphasized to me that SO is not meant to be a forum or support site, and it is meant to be not just a Q&A site, but something that generates general reusable articles.

I think closing these questions is the clearest path for this site to survive and flourish. The test needs to be not "would I like to help this person?" but rather "is having a page about this question going to be useful in future?"

I think AU needs a strong direction or consensus on this otherwise there may be pushback that it's unhelpful or negative to close a question when the person's clearly having trouble. Perhaps just closing with a clear note will be enough.

I was thinking about this after reading these great slide decks by Jeff Atwood, which reemphasized to me that SO is not meant to be a forum or support site, and not even for one-off Q&A, but rather something that generates general reusable articles.

I think closing these questions is the clearest path for this site to survive and flourish. The test needs to be not "would I like to help this person?" but rather "is having a page about this question going to be useful in future?"

I think AU needs a strong direction or consensus on this otherwise there may be pushback that it's unhelpful or negative to close a question when the person's clearly having trouble.

Some specific actions when you see such a question:

  • comment advising the user to file a bug etc, with a link
  • don't downvote, the question is invalid not bad
  • flag for moderators or close them
  • ideally one of the moderators would add some banner text about not filing bugs here
  • flag
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I was thinking about this after reading these great slide decks by Jeff Atwood, which reemphasized to me that SO is not meant to be a forum or support site, and it is meant to be not just a QAQ&A site, but something that generates general reusable articles.

I think closing these questions is the clearest path for this site to survive and flourish. The test needs to be not "would I like to help this person?" but rather "is having a page about this question going to be useful in future?"

I think AU needs a strong direction or consensus on this otherwise there may be pushback that it's unhelpful or negative to close a question when the person's clearly having trouble. Perhaps just closing with a clear note will be enough.

I was thinking about this after reading these great slide decks by Jeff Atwood, which reemphasized to me that SO is not meant to be a forum or support site, and it is meant to be not just a QA site, but something that generates general reusable articles.

I think closing these questions is the clearest path for this site to survive and flourish. The test needs to be not "would I like to help this person?" but rather "is having a page about this question going to be useful in future?"

I think AU needs a strong direction or consensus on this otherwise there may be pushback that it's unhelpful or negative to close a question when the person's clearly having trouble. Perhaps just closing with a clear note will be enough.

I was thinking about this after reading these great slide decks by Jeff Atwood, which reemphasized to me that SO is not meant to be a forum or support site, and it is meant to be not just a Q&A site, but something that generates general reusable articles.

I think closing these questions is the clearest path for this site to survive and flourish. The test needs to be not "would I like to help this person?" but rather "is having a page about this question going to be useful in future?"

I think AU needs a strong direction or consensus on this otherwise there may be pushback that it's unhelpful or negative to close a question when the person's clearly having trouble. Perhaps just closing with a clear note will be enough.

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poolie
poolie
  • 9.3k
  • 15
  • 13

I was thinking about this after reading these great slide decks by Jeff Atwood, which reemphasized to me that SO is not meant to be a forum or support site, and it is meant to be not just a QA site, but something that generates general reusable articles.

I think closing these questions is the clearest path for this site to survive and flourish. The test needs to be not "would I like to help this person?" but rather "is having a page about this question going to be useful in future?"

I think AU needs a strong direction or consensus on this otherwise there may be pushback that it's unhelpful or negative to close a question when the person's clearly having trouble. Perhaps just closing with a clear note will be enough.