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##Tl;dr: Don't close existing questions, but do crack down on new ones.

In an attempt to help the debate, I used the "Incognito google search" test.

I opened up a incognito window, and went to google and searched for "unity quicklists".

Lo and behold!

Look at that! First result is us. How nice.

Except that its locked.

Currently, since it is locked, it is uh, shall we say "un-updatable", and therefore is also going to be outdated really, really quickly.

What possible solutions do we have? After all, we have a fair amount of questions out there that are similar to it - they don't belong here, and we don't have an easy way to get them into the Ubuntu Wiki or something like that.

• Short term: Unlock, and add a historical notice, but no lock, just like I did here.

• Short term: Leave them locked.

• Long term: Move them off this site!! They don't belong here. However, there is no other place on the internet with this much information, and that is this high quality (as in, has a list of features, screenshots, etc) - for now.

Also, StackExchanges purpose is to make the internet a better place.

As was posted on Meta Stack Overflow:

Wikipedia has a policy called "Ignore all rules". Simply:

If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it.

"Make the internet a better place" is Stack Exchange's "ignore all rules" policy. If a guideline, precedent, or action goes against what you sincerely believe makes the Internet a better place, you have an obligation to ignore it.

Something similar was brought up on Stack Overflow. What ended up being decided was the following:

1. Broken links

2. High rep users whinged about losing their precious reputation.

2 isn't a problem with us, since most of them are community wiki right now.

1, on the other hand, isn't either, because SO was talking about deletion. However, I would argue that having outdated, potentially dangerous information available is worse than broken links.

##Lastly:

We already discussed this a few months ago - a SE community team member came in and started closing some of our list questions. We fought to keep them, and these guidelines are what came out of it.

If we decide to change this "policy" (for lack of a better word) now, then we need to make sure that is also updated.

Hopefully I made some sense, if I didn't, then find me in chat and I'll try to help you.

Tl;dr: Don't close existing questions, but do crack down on new ones.

In an attempt to help the debate, I used the "Incognito google search" test.

I opened up a incognito window, and went to google and searched for "unity quicklists".

Lo and behold!

Look at that! First result is us. How nice.

Except that its locked.

Currently, since it is locked, it is uh, shall we say "un-updatable", and therefore is also going to be outdated really, really quickly.

What possible solutions do we have? After all, we have a fair amount of questions out there that are similar to it - they don't belong here, and we don't have an easy way to get them into the Ubuntu Wiki or something like that.

• Short term: Unlock, and add a historical notice, but no lock, just like I did here.

• Short term: Leave them locked.

• Long term: Move them off this site!! They don't belong here. However, there is no other place on the internet with this much information, and that is this high quality (as in, has a list of features, screenshots, etc) - for now.

Also, StackExchanges purpose is to make the internet a better place.

As was posted on Meta Stack Overflow:

Wikipedia has a policy called "Ignore all rules". Simply:

If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it.

"Make the internet a better place" is Stack Exchange's "ignore all rules" policy. If a guideline, precedent, or action goes against what you sincerely believe makes the Internet a better place, you have an obligation to ignore it.

Something similar was brought up on Stack Overflow. What ended up being decided was the following:

1. Broken links

2. High rep users whinged about losing their precious reputation.

2 isn't a problem with us, since most of them are community wiki right now.

1, on the other hand, isn't either, because SO was talking about deletion. However, I would argue that having outdated, potentially dangerous information available is worse than broken links.

Lastly:

We already discussed this a few months ago - a SE community team member came in and started closing some of our list questions. We fought to keep them, and these guidelines are what came out of it.

If we decide to change this "policy" (for lack of a better word) now, then we need to make sure that is also updated.

Hopefully I made some sense, if I didn't, then find me in chat and I'll try to help you.

##Tl;dr: Don't close existing questions, but do crack down on new ones.

In an attempt to help the debate, I used the "Incognito google search" test.

I opened up a incognito window, and went to google and searched for "unity quicklists".

Lo and behold!

Look at that! First result is us. How nice.

Except that its locked.

Currently, since it is locked, it is uh, shall we say "un-updatable", and therefore is also going to be outdated really, really quickly.

What possible solutions do we have? After all, we have a fair amount of questions out there that are similar to it - they don't belong here, and we don't have an easy way to get them into the Ubuntu Wiki or something like that.

• Short term: Unlock, and add a historical notice, but no lock, just like I did here.

• Short term: Leave them locked.

• Long term: Move them off this site!! They don't belong here. However, there is no other place on the internet with this much information, and that is this high quality (as in, has a list of features, screenshots, etc) - for now.

Also, StackExchanges purpose is to make the internet a better place.

As was posted on Meta Stack Overflow:

Wikipedia has a policy called "Ignore all rules". Simply:

If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it.

"Make the internet a better place" is Stack Exchange's "ignore all rules" policy. If a guideline, precedent, or action goes against what you sincerely believe makes the Internet a better place, you have an obligation to ignore it.

Something similar was brought up on Stack Overflow. What ended up being decided was the following:

1. Broken links

2. High rep users whinged about losing their precious reputation.

2 isn't a problem with us, since most of them are community wiki right now.

1, on the other hand, isn't either, because SO was talking about deletion. However, I would argue that having outdated, potentially dangerous information available is worse than broken links.

##Lastly:

We already discussed this a few months ago - a SE community team member came in and started closing some of our list questions. We fought to keep them, and these guidelines are what came out of it.

If we decide to change this "policy" (for lack of a better word) now, then we need to make sure that is also updated.

Hopefully I made some sense, if I didn't, then find me in chat and I'll try to help you.

##Tl;dr: Don't close existing questions, but do crack down on new ones.

In an attempt to help the debate, I used the "Incognito google search" test.

I opened up a incognito window, and went to google and searched for "unity quicklists".

Lo and behold!

Look at that! First result is us. How nice.

Except that its locked.

Currently, since it is locked, it is uh, shall we say "un-updatable", and therefore is also going to be outdated really, really quickly.

What possible solutions do we have? After all, we have a fair amount of questions out there that are similar to it - they don't belong here, and we don't have an easy way to get them into the Ubuntu Wiki or something like that.

• Short term: Unlock, and add a historical notice, but no lock, just like I did here.

• Short term: Leave them locked.

• Long term: Move them off this site!! They don't belong here. However, there is no other place on the internet with this much information, and that is this high quality (as in, has a list of features, screenshots, etc) - for now.

Also, StackExchanges purpose is to make the internet a better place.

As was posted on Meta Stack Overflow:

Wikipedia has a policy called "Ignore all rules". Simply:

If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it.

"Make the internet a better place" is Stack Exchange's "ignore all rules" policy. If a guideline, precedent, or action goes against what you sincerely believe makes the Internet a better place, you have an obligation to ignore it.

Something similar was brought up on Stack Overflow. What ended up being decided was the following:

1. Broken links

2. High rep users whinged about losing their precious reputation.

2 isn't a problem with us, since most of them are community wiki right now.

1, on the other hand, isn't either, because SO was talking about deletion. However, I would argue that having outdated, potentially dangerous information available is worse than broken links.

##Lastly:

We already discussed this a few months ago - a SE community team member came in and started closing some of our list questions. We fought to keep them, and these guidelines are what came out of it.

If we decide to change this "policy" (for lack of a better word) now, then we need to make sure that is also updated.

Hopefully I made some sense, if I didn't, then find me in chat and I'll try to help you.

##Tl;dr: Don't close existing questions, but do crack down on new ones.

In an attempt to help the debate, I used the "Incognito google search" test.

I opened up a incognito window, and went to google and searched for "unity quicklists".

Lo and behold!

Look at that! First result is us. How nice.

Except that its locked.

Currently, since it is locked, it is uh, shall we say "un-updatable", and therefore is also going to be outdated really, really quickly.

What possible solutions do we have? After all, we have a fair amount of questions out there that are similar to it - they don't belong here, and we don't have an easy way to get them into the Ubuntu Wiki or something like that.

• Short term: Unlock, and add a historical notice, but no lock, just like I did here.

• Short term: Leave them locked.

• Long term: Move them off this site!! They don't belong here. However, there is no other place on the internet with this much information, and that is this high quality (as in, has a list of features, screenshots, etc) - for now.

Also, StackExchanges purpose is to make the internet a better place.

As was posted on Meta Stack Overflow:

Wikipedia has a policy called "Ignore all rules". Simply:

If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it.

"Make the internet a better place" is Stack Exchange's "ignore all rules" policy. If a guideline, precedent, or action goes against what you sincerely believe makes the Internet a better place, you have an obligation to ignore it.

Something similar was brought up on Stack Overflow. What ended up being decided was the following:

1. Broken links

2. High rep users whinged about losing their precious reputation.

2 isn't a problem with us, since most of them are community wiki right now.

1, on the other hand, isn't either, because SO was talking about deletion. However, I would argue that having outdated, potentially dangerous information available is worse than broken links.

##Lastly:

We already discussed this a few months ago - a SE community team member came in and started closing some of our list questions. We fought to keep them, and these guidelines are what came out of it.

If we decide to change this "policy" (for lack of a better word) now, then we need to make sure that is also updated.

Hopefully I made some sense, if I didn't, then find me in chat and I'll try to help you.

##Tl;dr: Don't close existing questions, but do crack down on new ones.

In an attempt to help the debate, I used the "Incognito google search" test.

I opened up a incognito window, and went to google and searched for "unity quicklists".

Lo and behold!

Look at that! First result is us. How nice.

Except that its locked.

Currently, since it is locked, it is uh, shall we say "un-updatable", and therefore is also going to be outdated really, really quickly.

What possible solutions do we have? After all, we have a fair amount of questions out there that are similar to it - they don't belong here, and we don't have an easy way to get them into the Ubuntu Wiki or something like that.

• Short term: Unlock, and add a historical notice, but no lock, just like I did here.

• Short term: Leave them locked.

• Long term: Move them off this site!! They don't belong here. However, there is no other place on the internet with this much information, and that is this high quality (as in, has a list of features, screenshots, etc) - for now.

Also, StackExchanges purpose is to make the internet a better place.

As was posted on Meta Stack Overflow:

Wikipedia has a policy called "Ignore all rules". Simply:

If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it.

"Make the internet a better place" is Stack Exchange's "ignore all rules" policy. If a guideline, precedent, or action goes against what you sincerely believe makes the Internet a better place, you have an obligation to ignore it.

Something similar was brought up on Stack Overflow. What ended up being decided was the following:

1. Broken links

2. High rep users whinged about losing their precious reputation.

2 isn't a problem with us, since most of them are community wiki right now.

1, on the other hand, isn't either, because SO was talking about deletion. However, I would argue that having outdated, potentially dangerous information available is worse than broken links.

##Lastly:

We already discussed this a few months ago - a SE community team member came in and started closing some of our list questions. We fought to keep them, and these guidelines are what came out of it.

If we decide to change this "policy" (for lack of a better word) now, then we need to make sure that is also updated.

Hopefully I made some sense, if I didn't, then find me in chat and I'll try to help you.