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  • needs more detail than this; just "can be contentious sometimes" isn't enough. Commented Sep 23, 2010 at 21:38
  • @Jeff: Okay. Give me a sec. to fix it up. Commented Sep 23, 2010 at 21:55
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    I thought these were precisely the questions that get booted to the cesspool of programmers.se. Wasn't that the entire point of the site? Commented Sep 23, 2010 at 21:56
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    I disagree. This type of debate is valuable to people like me who are new to both. We can't say a question is bad because we don't think people won't read the useful information contained in it. Whether the question is too broad is another issue. Commented Sep 23, 2010 at 21:57
  • @Jeff: There. I fixed it up a lot. Commented Sep 23, 2010 at 21:58
  • Its not flamebait people. meta.programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/299/… Commented Sep 23, 2010 at 22:09
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    There is virtually nothing useful to be learned from such a question. => Except maybe all the pros and cons of both choices? Commented Sep 23, 2010 at 23:33
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    I see this (vi vs emacs) as a precisely on-topic question for p.se. Subjective, sure, but that's why the site's there. Talks about the tools programmers use. Presents reasons to use both. Commented Sep 24, 2010 at 0:13
  • @Michael: I still say flamebait. Commented Sep 24, 2010 at 1:02
  • You have the right to, @George. Commented Sep 24, 2010 at 1:17
  • @Michael: As I see it emacs vs. vi in general is mostly flamebait. Pro and cons of implementations of specific features is another matter. Also possibly cultural differences promoted or supported by them. They is room to discuss these matters, but... Commented Sep 24, 2010 at 5:17
  • Questions like Vi(m) VS Emacs can be seen as good if you change it in such way that it provides people with a clear overview of why to choose for one editor, this way people can learn from the differences and thus the question could have an useful purpose... Maybe we should have rules against flame baits on such question or a rule on how such questions should be posed. Commented Sep 24, 2010 at 11:43
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    Is there any reason why I shouldn't ask about significant differences between VS2008 and VS2010 on Stack Overflow itself? If "good" programmers.se questions are the ones that fit on SO, what's programmers.se for? Commented Sep 24, 2010 at 14:39
  • I think the motive of the asker also needs to be weighed in flame-bait questions. IF the question is "what's better", then it's likely just a rep gamer. If the question is "I need to pick java or c# for a project, which should I choose?" Then I think the asker is likely to actually be looking for some opinions, not just trolling for rep. Commented Sep 25, 2010 at 19:57