Timeline for Are requests for a specific reference material off-topic?
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| Oct 31, 2012 at 15:26 | comment | added | Jimmy Hoffa | Also you specify "too localised" but that refers to the answer only being valuable to a single problem or person, an article about types of programmers and how they interact is valuable to most programmers. | |
| Oct 31, 2012 at 15:14 | comment | added | Jimmy Hoffa | Last time I checked book requests were allowed so long as there was a single historically significant answer, like if the dragon book or the K&R were the answer; otherwise it's deemed a poll. In this particular case it's even more tightly scoped than that though; this is a particular specific reference material so definitely can't fall under the poll clause that is the only reason book requests are tossed.. | |
| Oct 31, 2012 at 15:10 | history | answered | ChrisFMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |