Timeline for Can we avoid using the term "Closed" for marginal questions?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:25 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jul 12, 2011 at 5:05 | comment | added | Cody Gray | I agree with HedgeMage's last comment, although I'd also point out that it is much rarer than we'd all like to hope that the original poster ever comes back to edit/improve a question, no matter what types of comments well-meaning community members might leave. I don't have any official data on this, but in my personal experience on Stack Overflow, this type of improvement is the exception rather than the rule. It's worth encouraging where possible, but hardly worth breaking our backs over. | |
| Jul 12, 2011 at 4:56 | comment | added | HedgeMage Mod | Additionally, it occurs to me that there are also positive effects of using what some perceive as a "strong" term: it motivates users -- especially users who don't grok why we enforce the format -- to improve their questions. The disparity between how many questions get fixed after a comment explaining the problem vs. a comment accompanied by closing indicates that it's the closing that elicits the most corrections/improvements. | |
| Jul 12, 2011 at 4:50 | comment | added | HedgeMage Mod | Someone who can't be bothered to read and understand the comment on their closed question probably can't be bothered to edit it so that it properly fits the site to which it was submitted, so I'm not sure what there is to be gained by creating another disposition for users to understand, and the added drama inherent in deeming some off-topic/narq items "worse" than others. | |
| Jul 12, 2011 at 4:45 | comment | added | Goodbye Stack Exchange | Oh, I do that. I comment indicating why I closed, and where it makes sense, try to guide them in the direction of editing into a better question. My problem is that the title "My Question that I Love Dearly [closed]" makes people jump and react badly, until they're used to the site. | |
| Jul 12, 2011 at 4:42 | history | answered | HedgeMageMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |