Timeline for "Why did they write it that way?" questions should be off-topic
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:54 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jan 27, 2013 at 0:04 | history | edited | Wipqozn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 16, 2012 at 22:03 | comment | added | Wipqozn | ...mean that waiting X amount of time just wouldn't make sense. | |
| Dec 16, 2012 at 22:02 | comment | added | Wipqozn | @chirale Yeah, you're slightly misunderstanding what I'm saying. What I meant was that due to the nature of the questions, it's impossible to know if they are answerable until someone answers it, which is just as bad as being unanswerable. In my fourth paragraph I was outlining that a rule where we keep them open for X amount of time in order to see if they are answerable just wouldn't work, since any time chosen would be arbitrary. Something else (which your example made me think of) is that we don't deem questions unanswerable just because no one has answered them, which would also... | |
| Dec 16, 2012 at 21:54 | comment | added | chirale | In 4th paragraph of your question you are asking how much we have to wait to consider a question unanswerable (I'm misinterpreting?). I tell you the SE system actively promote answering questions older than 2 months. So, for the system, waiting for a proper answer is not bad. And I'm talking about a SE about software, where 2 months are a very long time. | |
| Dec 16, 2012 at 21:38 | comment | added | Wipqozn | @chirale I don't see how the Necromancer badge is relevant to my post. There's a difference between a question not having been answered, and not being answerable. | |
| Dec 16, 2012 at 21:03 | comment | added | chirale | I upvoted this question because it's important to make it clear, but I disagree with your conclusions. On StackOverflow I gained the Necromancer badge, a silver one. It's about answering a more than 2 month old question. Do you hear a bell ringing? Not only a similar workflow is allowed, but it's actively promoted by the badge mechanism. | |
| Dec 16, 2012 at 9:14 | answer | added | chirale | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 14, 2012 at 9:26 | answer | added | SF. | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 21:18 | answer | added | Madara's Ghost | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 19:33 | answer | added | Logan M | timeline score: 10 | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 18:34 | comment | added | fbueckert | +1. I agree wholeheartedly. | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 18:31 | comment | added | Wipqozn | As a side note, the only exception to the "temporary state" rule for closing is duplicates, which are kept around for the sake of navigation of SEO (aka making things easier for users) | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 18:31 | history | asked | Wipqozn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |