Timeline for Are country-specific questions too localized?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:14 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jun 19, 2012 at 14:11 | comment | added | John Gardeniers | No worries. I've had a lifetime of seeing my name misspelled, as well as hearing it mis-pronounced. | |
| Jun 19, 2012 at 13:34 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/ServerFault/status/215074997465649153 | ||
| Jun 19, 2012 at 4:18 | vote | accept | Wesley | ||
| Jun 19, 2012 at 4:17 | comment | added | Wesley | @JohnGardeniers Oh, and sorry for misspelling your name. I just now noticed that. >_< | |
| Jun 17, 2012 at 7:41 | history | edited | Jeff Atwood | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 17, 2012 at 3:14 | answer | added | Jeff Atwood | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 17, 2012 at 2:46 | comment | added | Wesley | @JohnGardeniers The nerve that was hit for my self was that the potential usefulness of ServerFault was unexpectedly scoped to what I believe is an unrealistically narrow definition. Suddenly 20% of the world's population in one of the fastest growing countries (both population-wise and technology-wise) have the potential to be barred from asking pertinent questions about country-specific infrastructure and misc. technology issues. (Speaking, of course, of China) Certainly we don't have a ton of Chinese participation yet, but the principle remains the same for India, Indonesia, and etc. | |
| Jun 16, 2012 at 17:24 | comment | added | rnxrx | @John Gardiniers - What I found objectionable was the comment that "If it's only applicable in one country, no matter how big the country is, or if the country is at the center of the universe, too bad." This seems to be more of a (somewhat petulant) social/political commentary than anything constructive. I'm personally fine if people want to ask- and answer- questions specific to a particular country, especially when the underlying issue is one of internetworking, and if mods have shut down non-US questions in the past on similar grounds I think that was equally mistaken. | |
| Jun 16, 2012 at 7:28 | comment | added | John Gardeniers | @mxrx, I see no derisive comments on that question. You're reading into them only what you want to read. It seems to me that we've hit a nerve by daring to remind people that this is a large planet with a couple hundred countries, not just one. If that offends you then so be it. You'll get no apologies from me. | |
| Jun 16, 2012 at 7:21 | history | edited | John Gardeniers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 16, 2012 at 7:20 | answer | added | John Gardeniers | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 21:12 | answer | added | ZypherMod | timeline score: 18 | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 17:45 | history | edited | Wesley | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 15, 2012 at 17:35 | comment | added | Wesley | Yikes, yes I attributed the quote to the wrong person. Fixed! | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 17:34 | history | edited | Wesley | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 15, 2012 at 13:38 | comment | added | rnxrx | The T1 standard is localized - practically speaking to the same extent as FCC wifi regulations. As to stereotypes - the derisive tone of the comments on that question about certain places claiming to be the "center of the universe" pretty much speaks to judgement of a question based more on issues with these other ops than of the question itself... | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 13:35 | comment | added | Matt Molnar | Just want to note that the counter-argument listed here was actually raised by rnxrx and not myself. Regarding this issue, I don't necessarily disagree with Mark. The question could be reworded to ask something regarding how WiFi power is measured/advertised on a device but I only would know that in hindsight from rnxrx's answer. Thus, while I now agree the "is this legal" question does not match well with what is expected on this site, I can't buy that the information provided is "unlikely to help any future visitors". | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 13:31 | answer | added | rnxrx | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 4:45 | comment | added | Mark Henderson Mod | (additionally, I've only ever seen ops complain about "too localised" when they're from the USA. I don't want to draw stereotypes, but people from other countries don't seem to be that concerned about it) | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 4:40 | comment | added | Mark Henderson Mod | I believe that XHR's argument is flawed. Asking about T1 is not too localised, because it's a question about a standard, not a location. If you're using T1, it doesn't matter where in the world you are, you're still using it. Ditto with SONET and SDH. Their usage happens to be clustered with one geographical area; but that's just co-incidence. | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 4:10 | answer | added | Wesley | timeline score: -2 | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 4:09 | answer | added | Wesley | timeline score: 24 | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 4:09 | history | asked | Wesley | CC BY-SA 3.0 |