Timeline for Top $k$ List of Reasons to Close a Question Immediately
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
34 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2022 at 13:53 | comment | added | Nick Cox | I think the intention was utterly clear; no fault there. The problem lies in the tension between goals: it is all too easy to be wickedly humorous, but whether the result is friendly to people the other end is not so clear. As everyone contributing knows, it is not easy to distinguish between those who just want us to do their work for them and those out of their depth for some reason that deserves sympathy and support, whether statistically, scientifically, in terms of Stack Exchange or technical forum protocol, or even in elementary social skills. (I lack some of those too....) | |
| Aug 25, 2022 at 13:28 | comment | added | whuber Mod | @Nick The latter was the original intention, so I apologize if that wasn't clearly communicated. How would you suggest we fix things? | |
| Aug 25, 2022 at 11:18 | comment | added | Nick Cox | I have contributed to this thread, enjoyed doing so, and enjoyed reading other answers. I fear, however, that its main function is for experienced members to share horror stories of poor questions with each other, rather than as something that explains well and directly to naive or misguided questioners what they are doing wrong. | |
| Aug 24, 2022 at 9:17 | answer | added | mkt | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 28, 2022 at 17:30 | answer | added | whuberMod | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 17, 2022 at 16:25 | answer | added | whuberMod | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jul 3, 2020 at 7:32 | answer | added | Stephan Kolassa | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jun 23, 2020 at 7:52 | answer | added | TimMod | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jun 11, 2020 at 14:30 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
Commonmark migration
|
|
| Jul 23, 2019 at 11:48 | answer | added | mkt | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jun 27, 2018 at 14:19 | history | edited | amoeba |
edited tags
|
|
| Jun 25, 2018 at 12:09 | answer | added | Peter FlomMod | timeline score: 14 | |
| Nov 27, 2017 at 15:28 | answer | added | TimMod | timeline score: 14 | |
| Nov 8, 2017 at 20:34 | history | edited | gung - Reinstate MonicaMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 53 characters in body
|
| Nov 8, 2017 at 16:53 | history | edited | SycoraxMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
edited title
|
| Sep 20, 2017 at 19:36 | answer | added | Alexis | timeline score: 18 | |
| Feb 2, 2017 at 22:19 | answer | added | whuberMod | timeline score: 23 | |
| Jan 22, 2017 at 10:28 | answer | added | Nick Cox | timeline score: 17 | |
| Jan 18, 2017 at 16:07 | answer | added | Nick Cox | timeline score: 16 | |
| Dec 2, 2016 at 17:16 | answer | added | Nick Cox | timeline score: 27 | |
| Nov 24, 2016 at 3:42 | answer | added | Glen_bMod | timeline score: 22 | |
| Oct 13, 2016 at 15:04 | comment | added | EngrStudent | I would love to see a variation on this question that is about "how to turn something that looks bad, but isnt, into something good" with emphasis on the transformation. If the "how to write a good question" was all powerful then .... ... perhaps effective reduction of bad questions could come from "how to transform". | |
| Oct 12, 2016 at 19:48 | answer | added | whuberMod | timeline score: 24 | |
| Jul 13, 2016 at 22:20 | answer | added | whuberMod | timeline score: 27 | |
| Jul 5, 2016 at 4:48 | comment | added | Dawny33 | @Tim Yeah, would be a good post. I'd never answer a question whose solution can be easily googled. Shows a significant lack of effort on the OP's part :) | |
| Jul 4, 2016 at 8:28 | answer | added | Christoph Hanck | timeline score: 19 | |
| Jul 3, 2016 at 19:28 | answer | added | Stephan Kolassa | timeline score: 25 | |
| Jul 3, 2016 at 2:21 | answer | added | Kodiologist | timeline score: 29 | |
| Jul 2, 2016 at 19:52 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackStats/status/749330010977239040 | ||
| Jul 2, 2016 at 19:30 | answer | added | Tim | timeline score: 27 | |
| Jul 2, 2016 at 17:32 | comment | added | Tim | This could also be extended to "How to ask question that will never be answered?". | |
| Jul 2, 2016 at 17:03 | answer | added | Matthew Drury | timeline score: 33 | |
| Jul 2, 2016 at 0:30 | answer | added | Silverfish | timeline score: 57 | |
| Jul 1, 2016 at 15:50 | history | asked | whuberMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |