Timeline for How should we deal with "slow-motion trainwreck" questions?
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| Apr 24, 2014 at 17:53 | comment | added | Nick Klauer | This speaks more to what people want these sites to be as opposed to what they are. | |
| Apr 17, 2014 at 7:14 | comment | added | MadHatter | "If it's gonna be amateur night, I want a hundred thousand dollars. I want it upfront. I want it in a bank account. I want another hundred thousand when you get the [accepted answer]." | |
| Apr 16, 2014 at 14:24 | comment | added | ewwhite | Burn! (heh, butthurt) | |
| Apr 16, 2014 at 13:06 | vote | accept | HopelessN00b | ||
| Apr 16, 2014 at 13:06 | comment | added | HopelessN00b | @MDMarra There are custom close reasons, but from experience, I can tell you that if you get too creative... or in many cases, too honest, it causes problems. The auto-comment close reason gets flagged as rude, the OP gets all butt-hurt, and it's a big thing. Seems better for everyone to just close for "not professional" and explain that "professional" means certain standards, and "doing it right," rather than explaining why, specifically, $[brain-dead, amateur-quality idea] is a brain-dead amateur-quality idea. | |
| Apr 16, 2014 at 12:04 | comment | added | MDMarra | I mean...there are custom close reasons now. | |
| Apr 16, 2014 at 12:02 | comment | added | Nathan C | @MDMarra Unfortunately "you're bad at this and you should feel bad" isn't a valid close reason. ;) | |
| Apr 16, 2014 at 6:14 | comment | added | HopelessN00b | @MDMarra I dunno, I think it is, as we use the word on ServerFault. Even if someone is employed as a sysadmin, if they ask something basic enough or want to do something wrong enough, we close it down for "unprofessional." Whether it's actually the case or not, "professional" implies certain standards and levels of competence. I've made money doing any manner of things, but that hardly makes me a "professional" locksmith, or a "professional" driver or a "professional" alcohol distributor, and so on. | |
| Apr 16, 2014 at 3:23 | comment | added | MDMarra | Not sure I agree with this. "bad at your job" isn't the same as "not a professional" | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 20:21 | history | answered | Nathan C | CC BY-SA 3.0 |