@Chopper3 Calling troll to drown out someone else's point of view does not make yours any stronger. By refusing to have any discussion about problems you are not going to solve them. "Why is SF failing?" because of close minded people like yourself. I won't waste anymore time on it.

I don't believe that I have done that at all. Now you are not only shooting me down but @MarkHenderson as a voice of reason. It is quite clear that you are intentionally and not through misunderstanding adverse to any kind of criticism, constructive or otherwise. Which seems a shame to see in a moderator. But since you obviously have no intention on taking anyone else's viewpoint on board I won't waste any more of my time on this.

You are not talking about the same type of question that I am. Obviously pure dross needs to go. We are talking about scope.

A handful of people have shown up to this thread, a fraction even look at meta. Why do you think that it is at all representative? The more you behave like a cliquely gentleman's club, the more you push away the rest of us and the quality of the questions won't mean a thing when there are no users.

I just find it mystifying when there are so many threads about the stats being down anyone who suggests anything but the status quo has been shot down. If you look back it is not just me. You don't have to take on any old suggestion but there should be consideration rather than this blanket denial. I can see you all sitting there if it fails asking "why oh why?"

tbh you only see this suggestion as negative because you personally don't agree with it.

Anyone care to answer? "b) when they try to ask the same question again this site gives them the existing answer, it can't do that if you have closed it as too basic.". This would actively stop some repeat bad questions.

Not at all, merely highlighting the double standard that you yourself brought up.

In your closing comments you say that you are here for entertainment and intellectual stimulation while the goal of the site is supposed to be to provide expert answers to sysadmins working in a professional capacity. This seems to be a discrepancy. Also if you answer those questions rather than whining about them a) this site will be the first answer in google search and b) when they try to ask the same question again this site gives them the existing answer, it can't do that if you have closed it as too basic.

Personally I feel that they are just as important because afterall, they pay the bills that make this sustainable.

@ChrisS You didn't read that properly at all. The whole point is that the majority DON'T provide answers but are an important part of this site not getting a balanced representation from you.

Yet the problem still exists. I took onboard people's opinions from those discussions and if you read it properly you will note that my question comes at the issue from a different angle. The fact that a vocal minority are ready to shoot down any discussion of the issue is in fact a big part of it.

It doesn't seem like that majority are very well represented with the balance always going toward high rep answerers.

I assume most sysadmins like myself are too busy to be on here all the time but contribute where we can so will never be the highest rep. But don't forget even non contributing viewers provide the footfall which pays.

@TomO'Connor the internet is anarchy, it didn't do too badly. Moderation shouldn't be fighting where the users of the site are taking it, it needs to be allowed to evolve or it will become redundant.