Timeline for What do we do about "Specifications" questions?
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| Jan 24, 2012 at 17:29 | comment | added | Kyle Brandt | @ChrisS: Yes, that is one implication of what I was saying, but on the whole that disregards a lot of what I am saying. | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 17:22 | comment | added | Kyle Brandt | @voretaq7: My hypothetical answer is shortened, so by saying it should be a comment I think you miss my point. I am saying create a canonical Q/A on "How do I determine storage size limitations of a server". To me it seems likely that he doesn't what the limiting factors are. If you call a vendor without know what those limiting factors are you're likely to get screwed eventually. | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 17:16 | comment | added | voretaq7 | @ChrisS I totally agree - I think the crux of the issue is "minimum effort", not "You're a bad human being for asking about specs" -- In the same vein of "talking about what I want to say instead of just saying it" I really intended this question to catalyze discussion for (further) FAQ refinements. | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 17:07 | comment | added | Chris S | @voretaq7 Kyle has habit of talking about what he wants to say instead of saying it. He has apparently never heard of panning for gold either. He's free to correct me if I'm wrong but I think he's saying that we should not have a rule regarding specification-type questions. We should apply the rules we have already, per the new FAQ (which needs some final polishing before posting), and as according to our previous criteria for prerequisite knowledge. | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 16:49 | comment | added | voretaq7 | Specifically Re: the Dell question, that question offends me because the asker knew they should talk to Dell, but came here rather than pick up a phone and call the vendor. Anecdotally I've seen more of those questions lately than I have in the past. That data is anecdotal though and just represents the small subset of questions I've seen - it would be interesting if there were a way to gather hard data, but I can't come up with an automated way to do it... | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 16:37 | comment | added | voretaq7 | IMHO explanations like the one you posted above are best placed in a comment (it doesn't answer the posed question, but it is a great explanation of why the question isn't a particularly good one and explains why the person asking should go talk to their vendor). | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 16:26 | comment | added | Kyle Brandt | @ChrisS: I don't really know what you mean by that | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 16:25 | comment | added | Chris S | "You have to pan a lot of silt to get a little gold" | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 16:06 | history | answered | Kyle Brandt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |