Timeline for Should we punish and also close questions with blindingly obvious answers?
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| May 21, 2014 at 10:38 | comment | added | MichelZ | We are not "the internet" here. We are a site for professional system administrators. We do not answer questions related to how you download a game on your iPhone, and we do not answer questions about how to shave your beard. We answer questions that relate to professional system administration. This in fact ONLY applies to a VERY SMALL part of the internet. So in this sense you are right, we are "closing off the internet", and are only open for professional system administrators (which happen to use the internet as well!) | |
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| S May 13, 2014 at 19:22 | history | notice added | voretaq7Mod | Comments only | |
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| May 13, 2014 at 19:21 | comment | added | voretaq7 Mod | @Fred The subject of "professionalism" has been pretty well decided (we link to this meta post from the about page which pretty well details our expectations). If you disagree with those expectations you may open another discussion on the subject, but frankly I think our expectations are quite reasonable - There are other SE sites which cater to "enthusiasts". | |
| May 13, 2014 at 17:31 | comment | added | Fred | Furthermore those of us who spend most of our day writing code, or doing other work aren't always going to know/have the time to understand what the latest trend on serverfault might be, perhaps serverfault could be understanding that the community as a whole might be more diverse than the power users who spend hundreds of hours on the site. | |
| May 13, 2014 at 17:25 | comment | added | Fred | Neither of these comments address the issue, @AndrewB I'm discussing this in the global picture, not just one case. If you guys feel that you are above having to deal with loosely defined "nonprofessionals" and you are closing off the site to anyone you deem not fitting that definition, then you are in fact closing off part of the internet. Just because you can't see how a question might be relevant does not make the question irrelevant. Why should this not be a resource for everyone, and if you don't want to answer a basic question then YOU don't answer a basic question. | |
| May 13, 2014 at 0:42 | comment | added | Falcon Momot | It's not about closing off the Internet. This particular utility, we like to use because it is for professionals and not full of basic or nonprofessional content. Superuser exists for that stuff; this is not there. | |
| May 12, 2014 at 23:46 | comment | added | Andrew B | It's usually helpful to cite the moderation you disagree with when bringing it up on meta. This is the topic in question. | |
| May 12, 2014 at 23:22 | history | edited | Fred | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 12, 2014 at 23:17 | history | answered | Fred | CC BY-SA 3.0 |