Timeline for Update our FAQ and abandon theme/plugin recommendations
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| Sep 5, 2022 at 18:25 | comment | added | Eric Hepperle - CodeSlayer2010 | I have learned a lot about why "shopping" questions are undesired here from this thread. Thanks to all who contributed. So, what forums or sources should people turn to? Is WordPress.org forums the only real resource? | |
| Oct 2, 2012 at 12:31 | comment | added | kaiser | @SinthiaV To discuss things, we're starting the WPSE blog. There we can target all those opinions and discussions. And as long as a question is JS/PHP/HTML related, then it's better off at SO. At least that's what SO was built for. | |
| Sep 27, 2012 at 10:04 | comment | added | Brian Fegter | @SinthiaV There are various other forums that are targeted specifically to HTML5/JS/CSS/PHP/Servers. Plugin recommendations are typically questions because someone hasn't done their research. I find plugins that work because I test out a number of them. If we let presentational questions in that 'pertain' to WP only because that's the CMS, then this forum would be entirely diluted with CSS/HTML5/JS questions. People who try to find answers specifically about WP would not be able to do so. Typically answers out-of-scope here can be asked at wordpress.org or other various forums. | |
| Sep 25, 2012 at 22:42 | comment | added | Sinthia V | It seems the only questions welcome here are extremely narrow ones. Nothing subjective. One kind of thinking allowed only. advanced-search-form-with-filters-for-custom-taxonomies-and-custom-fields (for example) = good. The business of wordpress theming or how to work html5 into a theme template = bad (I didn't see what was wrong there). Seems only certain "approved" kinds of discussions are allowed. I have rarely gotten help here and usually am insulted. People hang out in order to close and leave snarky replies to what appear to be honest questions. Looks like a troll, quacks like a troll... | |
| Sep 22, 2012 at 13:14 | comment | added | Chris_O | I can assure that most "New Community Users" don't ask shopping questions. They ask questions that can be answered by a bot. Trust me, I just started moderating on .org and I answer 20 questions a day with standard replies programmed into text expander. WPSE is not a support forum. | |
| Sep 21, 2012 at 17:38 | comment | added | Damien | @Rarst I agree on the 'work for me for free' point .. It frustrates me that people will make the effort to join but dont bother to search google (or even WP.org) | |
| Sep 21, 2012 at 17:34 | comment | added | Rarst Mod | See the linked posts on network's position on shopping question. The question can be asked in different ways and only those that minimize quality of response and maximize "work for me for free" impression are really what passes as shopping. There are ways to ask same things in better ways that no one has issue with. | |
| Sep 21, 2012 at 17:28 | comment | added | Damien | I guess im saying that a bit of analytic data would better inform the change. And @kaiser are shopping questions asked by newer WPSE users or people who have been members for sometime ... for example I could get 100 points bonus from another SE account. Final thought, Android SE, Project SE, are full of shopping questions (best app, best phone, best project app). So would WPSE be doing something 'inconsistent' to the other SE? Maybe we could ignore shopping questions and leave them for others to answer? | |
| Sep 21, 2012 at 17:18 | comment | added | Rarst Mod | There are plenty of newbie question categories that already aren't welcome (generic HTML/PHP/etc). If this argument is reversed - porn is popular online so let's add porn to scope and attract a lot of people. Simply put we are refining scope to maximize capture of useful knowledge. It's related but not quite directly to user counts and less so to very novice users. PS my first question was about troubleshooting XML parser errors in WP feed processing :P | |
| Sep 21, 2012 at 17:17 | comment | added | kaiser | Just some question titles from our new 1 rep users from the front-page: "Trackbacks not displaying", "Predefine magazine style layouts", "cross-site custom menu", "Is it possible to send blog posts via email to subscribers?", "Different side menu on each page", ... I guess it's not fact that 80% of new users ask shopping questions. In fact most of them are from users between 100 - 500 rep points (from what I've seen). | |
| Sep 21, 2012 at 17:14 | comment | added | Wyck | It's not "newbie" questions, it's questions that are based on opinion that don't work well. WPSE is a fact/example and experience based site because that is what adds value. | |
| Sep 21, 2012 at 16:58 | history | answered | Damien | CC BY-SA 3.0 |