Timeline for We should have a question status similar to locking that non mods can set on posts
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| Jul 31, 2015 at 21:32 | comment | added | James | @durron597 Protected is for a different reason. That's to stop spam and users unfamiliar with the site (new/low rep) from posting low quality answers on a high quality question. What you want is to take an "off topic" question and preserve it without being able to answer. I can see why, but I don't think community is solid enough to decide when this would be beneficial or good for the site. But as I always say, I'm but one opinion :) I'll be watching the question to read others' ideas :) | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 21:27 | comment | added | durron597 | Well, it would be more restrictive than protection, that's for sure. | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 21:26 | comment | added | James | @durron597 Having re-read your question (there is a lot of info there, some of it background I know, but detracts from your actual idea maybe) I see your idea is not a lot like locking at all. You title "similar to locking" is misleading. Locking stops everything, edits, comments, voting, flagging to close, answers, the lot. It's essentially read only. Whereas your idea seems to be just to stop answers for questions which are off-topic. I'm not sure of the benefits of this, over the current "locking", and users being able to do it (as per my answer). | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 21:20 | comment | added | durron597 | I'm on the fence about the moderator's decision in the current system, but I feel strongly that they would be appropriate for this sort of lock in my proposed system | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 21:19 | comment | added | James | @durron597 So, you disagree with the moderator? See what I mean by my answer? I'm not saying you are right or wrong, it's the disagreement which is the issue, and with a mod doing the locking, other mods/staff can say "bad choice" and it;s rolled back, once, job done. With reviews, things like this being back and forth and debated endlessly because of so many opinions is not ideal. | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 20:24 | comment | added | durron597 | Perhaps, but Stack Overflow moderators at the very least seem very unwilling to lock things that I think should be locked. I have edited my question with three examples. | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 20:04 | history | answered | James | CC BY-SA 3.0 |