[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