Timeline for Over-use of Off-Topic Closure
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| Dec 25, 2012 at 12:41 | comment | added | Rob Moir | @ShaneMadden I usually VTC shopping questions as OT with a comment that shopping questions are off topic. That seems to address both criteria, and seems fine to me. | |
| Dec 25, 2012 at 1:50 | comment | added | John Gardeniers | Now read the rest. Once again, you're completely ignoring context. You really do have a problem with that. | |
| Dec 24, 2012 at 23:18 | comment | added | Magellan | So workstations aren't on-topic here, eh? "Server and Business Workstation operating systems, hardware, software and virtualization" notwithstanding, clearly. Maybe you need to read the FAQ as well. | |
| Dec 24, 2012 at 22:59 | comment | added | John Gardeniers | That very issue merely highlights what I said about his need to read more carefully. If people misinterpret the votes then it merely highlights the fact that they have not properly acquainted themselves with how the site works. | |
| Dec 24, 2012 at 22:55 | comment | added | Shane Madden | I don't think it is.. Adrain's not disagreeing that shopping questions should be closed, he's saying that Off Topic is the wrong close reason to use for them. - "Both should've been closed as NC for Shopping, not merely Off-Topic as that gives the impression that ALL questions about those topics are not welcome here." | |
| Dec 24, 2012 at 22:53 | history | edited | John Gardeniers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 24, 2012 at 22:53 | comment | added | John Gardeniers | As shopping questions are explicitly off topic it makes sense to me to vote them as such, regardless of the text accompanying the reason. Either way, they get closed, which is the key point being discussed here. | |
| Dec 24, 2012 at 22:26 | comment | added | Shane Madden | I think the right close reason for shopping is Not Constructive - the close text for it makes a lot more sense on a shopping question than the Off Topic close text. | |
| Dec 24, 2012 at 21:36 | history | answered | John Gardeniers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |