[This question][1] got closed as primarily opinion-based. At the time the question got closed, I had almost completed a fairly substantial and I thought helpful answer for a new sysadmin, explaining why yes, he should use his distro's packages unless he had a good reason not to. In short, it's a best practice. A similar thing happened to [this question][2]. I myself voted to close it as too broad, and it was closed. But before it was, Zoredache flagged it as a duplicate of [this question][3], which was longstanding and had a couple of high-quality and highly voted, though admittedly broad, answers. Again, it ended up being a best practices question. Later someone voted to close that one too. So, my questions: 1. Can we please reopen the first question? I think it's actually a pretty good question for a new sysadmin (though probably a dup if I could find it). 2. Any suggestions for how to distinguish good best practice questions from other too broad or opinion-based questions? [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/670752/is-using-distro-bundled-lamp-the-best-choice [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/670630/network-administrator-handover-document [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/160402/what-are-some-best-practices-when-taking-over-it-at-a-new-company