Timeline for What should we do with old, very popular closed questions?
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| Sep 15, 2018 at 15:02 | history | edited | Anne Daunted GoFundMonica |
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| May 19, 2013 at 16:38 | comment | added | Tom Au | How do highly upvoted answers get (and remain) closed. Could it be that all the upvoters are "low rep" and all the closers are high rep? Maybe we need to attribute a fraction of a close/reopen vote to low rep up voters, and see how the balance plays out under this plan. Moderators shouldn't vote for the "community," but MAY vote for those who can't vote for themselves. And the site does have a practice of "grandfathering" old posts that wouldn't "survive more 10 minutes if asked today" if they have historical importance. | |
| Dec 19, 2011 at 8:06 | history | notice removed | Jeremy | ||
| Dec 19, 2011 at 8:06 | history | bounty ended | Jeremy | ||
| S Dec 16, 2011 at 17:50 | history | suggested | Peter O. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
clarified question in title (the recent bounties suggest an option that doesn't necessarily require deletion)
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| Dec 11, 2011 at 14:06 | comment | added | Toby Allen | Why doesnt someone simply edit stackoverflow.com/questions/751876/… so it has the form of a question and answer. Everyone here has enough rep to do that. | |
| Dec 11, 2011 at 12:49 | history | notice added | Jeremy | Draw attention | |
| Dec 11, 2011 at 12:49 | history | bounty started | Jeremy | ||
| Dec 11, 2011 at 12:41 | history | notice removed | Jeremy | ||
| Dec 11, 2011 at 12:41 | history | bounty ended | Jeremy | ||
| Dec 4, 2011 at 6:21 | history | notice added | Jeremy | Draw attention | |
| Dec 4, 2011 at 6:21 | history | bounty started | Jeremy | ||
| Dec 4, 2011 at 6:18 | answer | added | Jeremy | timeline score: 15 | |
| Nov 18, 2011 at 22:16 | comment | added | Adam Rackis |
Keeping around artifacts from the past isn't necessarily a bad thing—birds after all are direct descendants from dinosaurs. Sure, some users will ignore the historical significance only message that would adorn these question if un-deleted. But please, please don't govern based on the lowest common denominator or internet morons.
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| Nov 18, 2011 at 21:31 | comment | added | bobobobo | All point taken, (esp dinosaurs.. it's kind of like saying the posts are "cheating" or enjoy special status because of birthdate..), still keep them. Why does it hurt you to protect your first great children? | |
| Nov 18, 2011 at 21:28 | comment | added | bobobobo | @Jeff Atwood "YOU HAVE A CRUMMY ACCEPT RATE!" | |
| Nov 18, 2011 at 21:27 | comment | added | DougW | @Jeff Atwood - Here's another good example that I refer to often. I've duplicated it locally in case it gets removed, but it's obviously quite popular/useful. stackoverflow.com/questions/751876/… | |
| Nov 18, 2011 at 20:51 | answer | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | timeline score: 4 | |
| Dec 27, 2009 at 6:43 | answer | added | gnostradamus | timeline score: 3 | |
| Dec 24, 2009 at 20:16 | comment | added | Kip | @Shog9: ok well i edited this question to point to the answer, since jeff is talking about the answer and not the question. | |
| Dec 24, 2009 at 20:14 | history | edited | Kip | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
link to the answer, not just the question, since that is what is being discussed
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| Dec 24, 2009 at 4:40 | comment | added | Shog9 | @Kip: get more rep. Then see: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/33780/… (SLaks requested that the second example be undeleted, as it contained his most popular answer, one that had achieved some amount of success on Redd or Diggit or Slashdot or something) | |
| Dec 24, 2009 at 4:25 | answer | added | John Rudy | timeline score: 47 | |
| Dec 24, 2009 at 4:14 | comment | added | Kip | i'm a little confused by the second example you link to. it was neither old nor popular | |
| Dec 24, 2009 at 3:34 | answer | added | user27414 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 24, 2009 at 1:00 | history | edited | Jeff Atwood | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Dec 24, 2009 at 0:38 | answer | added | Shog9 | timeline score: 20 | |
| Dec 24, 2009 at 0:16 | history | edited | Jeff Atwood | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Dec 23, 2009 at 23:54 | answer | added | Vanav | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 23, 2009 at 23:54 | answer | added | waffles | timeline score: 7 | |
| Dec 23, 2009 at 23:52 | answer | added | David Hall | timeline score: 7 | |
| Dec 23, 2009 at 23:43 | history | edited | Jeff Atwood | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Dec 23, 2009 at 23:38 | history | asked | Jeff Atwood | CC BY-SA 2.5 |