Timeline for In what universe is this question not constructive?
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| Jan 21, 2012 at 16:20 | comment | added | user1430 | Yes, we are "missing out" on some questions. I don't think that's what's being argued here. What is being argued is that some questions, while not entirely devoid of merit on their own terms, don't fit here. I also think that the discussion in this particular topic (the whole question not just your answer) and in chat that goes on re: the same subject indicates that we aren't closing entirely without thought. | |
| Jan 21, 2012 at 5:22 | comment | added | brandon | I think any game programmer could accurately answer what a good starting point for game programming is. I'm done though, other people may read my statements more objectively. Edit: not meant as blunt as it comes off, i realise it's hard to come off rules when they're set in a black and white manner. Just my opinion that we are missing out on some questions by closing (some) useful posts without much thought | |
| Jan 21, 2012 at 5:20 | comment | added | Nicol Bolas | Anything can produce useful information. "What's your favorite" questions can produce useful information. Stack Exchange sites aren't about producing any kind of useful information. They're about asking real, actual, answerable questions, and getting real answers. This question cannot be answered, so it has no business being here. That is the way of Stack Exchange, period. And if the tone of gamedev.se was set so poorly, then that's the site's problem, a problem that should be fixed. Otherwise, the place is no better than just another forum. | |
| Jan 21, 2012 at 5:16 | comment | added | brandon | Beta... The earliest questions set the tone and topic of the site for a long time. [ area51.stackexchange.com/faq ] Again you're caught up in semantics. Saying avoid subjective questions helps get rid of questions like "What's your favorite", which has no use on this site for sure. Asking where a good starting point is technically subjective, but is very useful for others coming to this site, hence the 8 favorites on the post.I agree some posts are useless that are subjective, I am just saying dont be so black and white when subjective terms are used and look at the content instead. | |
| Jan 21, 2012 at 5:10 | comment | added | Nicol Bolas | Also, that he didn't ask for the "best" platform doesn't make the question "not entirely subjective". What constitutes a good platform? | |
| Jan 21, 2012 at 5:09 | comment | added | Nicol Bolas | "Which in area51, the first posts are intended to define the types of questions acceptable for a site." Says who? There have been plenty of older questions closed and deleted on Stack Overflow for not being good questions. And questions are only "OK" to the degree that the community and moderators allow them. The moderators are trying to make the site better by not allowing these non-questions from existing. | |
| Jan 21, 2012 at 4:58 | comment | added | brandon | I might have missed it but I think he asked for a good platform not the best. That's subjective by definition, but is easy to answer in a general enough way to be useful. You're getting caught up in semantics and not the meaning of that aspect of the FAQ. The most active members of this site posted similar questions to this as far as subjectivity in their first posts to the site. Which in area51, the first posts are intended to define the types of questions acceptable for a site. They defined it and since, many questions of this level have been asked and have been ok. | |
| Jan 21, 2012 at 4:41 | comment | added | Nicol Bolas | "The FAQ may look like its against these questions but if you look at the questions in the beta, it was founded on these exact types of questions." That's a problem with the beta, not the FAQ. Explain how the question is not entirely subjective. | |
| Jan 21, 2012 at 3:43 | history | answered | brandon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |