Timeline for Etiquette for poorly researched questions?
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| Apr 23, 2017 at 14:36 | comment | added | Alan Munn | @Thomas There's a qualitative difference between telling users on the main site "Do your research (according to my standards) or we won't answer your question" and percusse and I saying in Meta "live and let live" (i.e., roughly the very general advice "If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all".) | |
| Apr 23, 2017 at 12:16 | comment | added | percusse | @Thomas 1. you can't define research other than imposing your personal flavor 2. do your research, all those links are my posts in OP. See it's very fun to use the research card right? Did you enjoy it? | |
| Apr 23, 2017 at 12:13 | comment | added | Thomas | @percusse 1. "You cannot clutter a site for questions and answers with a question." Of course you can. With poorly researches questions. That was the whole point of this topic. 2. "other than policing others. [...] That's just not the right attitude for this site." You seem pretty comfortable with "policing others." | |
| Apr 22, 2017 at 1:46 | comment | added | percusse | @Thomas You cannot clutter a site for questions and answers with a question. Past the first page you hardly would ever see it. There is no way that you could be bothered by this other than policing others. Ask any question and I will definitely find flaws in them or find duplicates in about an hour. That's just not the right attitude for this site. | |
| Apr 21, 2017 at 11:37 | comment | added | Thomas | I respectfully disagree with your answer. Just minutes ago, I came across a question that I consider an example of pure lazyness; it was a real "do it for me" question. It was answered. I read questions because I want to help, but also because I expect to learn something from the answers and comments by knowledgeable posters. Such poor questions are, IMHO, already cluttering the site. I can only speak for myself, but this makes the site a lot less attractive. I would be happier if there was a policy that this type of question should be strongly discouraged. | |
| Apr 19, 2017 at 5:30 | vote | accept | gnikit | ||
| Apr 19, 2017 at 5:30 | comment | added | gnikit | I did not mean to come across as someone who is either willing to or more importantly, capable of policing and suppressing questions from being asked. What I had in mind while asking this question was: 1. If I was unaware of some 'rule' that I should be following while answering these types of questions and 2. The long term "cluttering" that can be caused on Tex.SE by having numerous similar, but not identical questions. Your answer covered the former and for the latter, when it happens, if it happens, I am sure a solution will be found! | |
| Apr 14, 2017 at 22:41 | history | answered | Alan Munn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |