Timeline for How to deal with people that don't accept your reasoning?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:14 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://serverfault.com/ with https://serverfault.com/
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| Mar 21, 2015 at 13:56 | comment | added | hardmath | @JamesHaigh: Note that SO and ServerFault both have Google sponsored tags, specifically for what most developers would call "support queries". If your point is that framing a Question to be more generally applicable improves it, then I agree with that up to the point that the Question remains specific enough to be answerable. Striking this balance is difficult in the initial iterations of a problem. | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 5:13 | comment | added | Jenny D | @JamesHaigh The help center says "You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face." Which, IMO, implies that if you have an actual problem that can best be explained by including the actual configuration with which you have the problem, that is on-topic and encouraged. What part of the help center do you base your "support quieries were off-topic" on? | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 1:28 | comment | added | James Haigh | (With the exception of the meta sites, which of-course have the support tag, as used by this support metaquestion.) | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 1:13 | comment | added | James Haigh | @Jenny D: I thought that support queries were off-topic on Stack Exchange. If a question is not a support query then it should be possible to rephrase it generically. In other words, if it's impossible to phrase a question generically then it should be off-topic on wiki-style Q&A sites such as those of the Stack Exchange network. | |
| Mar 19, 2015 at 13:27 | comment | added | Gaia | @JamesHaigh as Jenny concurred, it would have been impossible to effectively help w/o the specific domain name. The important thing is that now that the domain has been removed the Q&A still provide enough value to the next user that has a similar problem. In other words, it IS possible that in cases which tshooting is possible only with a specific domain there can also be value once said domain is removed. | |
| Mar 19, 2015 at 9:32 | comment | added | Jenny D | @JamesHaigh When it comes to trouble-shooting certificate issues, it's usually hard to do without seeing the actual certificate - just as trouble-shooting DNS issues is hard to do without the ability to lookup the actual zone. Once the issue has been found, it may be possible to rewrite the question, or at least the answer, to be more generic. | |
| Mar 18, 2015 at 19:45 | comment | added | James Haigh | That's because you've written it like a support query rather than a Q&A-style question. If it's impossible for you to troubleshoot without your specific domain then how is it possible for anyone else to use it to troubleshoot their similar problem? Questions are meant to be well-researched, useful, and clear – I don't think that (currently) your question is either of those. If the question is appropriate for the Q&A format then it really should be possible to rephrase it to be more generic. | |
| Mar 18, 2015 at 11:46 | comment | added | Gaia | @JamesHaigh it would be nearly impossible to troubleshoot this problem without the domain name stated. Now that the problem has been solved I will switch to example.com. | |
| Mar 18, 2015 at 8:24 | comment | added | James Haigh |
Unfortunately, trying to evade crawlers by using imaged text without an alt-text description is also bad for accessibility. I encourage you to make an effort to write your questions without resorting to such a bad practice. Try to rephrase the question without the specific domain name. If you really must include a domain name then try to use example.<TLD>-style domain names instead of one that you're actually trying to keep private.
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| Mar 17, 2015 at 15:18 | comment | added | MDMoore313 | @JennyD You're right, shame on them. The RFC clearly states that's what example.com is for. | |
| Mar 17, 2015 at 15:11 | comment | added | Jenny D |
@BigHomie When people want to use a placeholder, they should use example.com (or .net, .org, or .whatever).
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| Mar 17, 2015 at 14:59 | comment | added | Gaia | @BigHomie I would have done so, but it would be nearly impossible to help with the problem without a specific domain name in mind. | |
| Mar 17, 2015 at 14:53 | comment | added | MDMoore313 | in the future, just use our placeholder john q domain to avoid any confusion. | |
| Mar 17, 2015 at 13:45 | answer | added | peterh | timeline score: -18 | |
| Mar 17, 2015 at 13:09 | vote | accept | Gaia | ||
| Mar 17, 2015 at 13:09 | vote | accept | Gaia | ||
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| Mar 17, 2015 at 13:06 | answer | added | HopelessN00bMod | timeline score: 13 | |
| Mar 17, 2015 at 12:41 | history | asked | Gaia | CC BY-SA 3.0 |