Timeline for Is Vote to Close as Off-Topic an appropriate remedy for questions that are deemed too "populist"?
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| Mar 13, 2019 at 12:37 | comment | added | Emilio Pisanty | (As for whether in this instance "the HNQ worked exactly as it should. It attracted someone from the outside and got you a person who is invested" and went on to post further questions or answers, the answer is quite conclusively "no, it didn't".) | |
| Mar 13, 2019 at 12:33 | comment | added | Emilio Pisanty | Related: Data collection: When should (or shouldn't) we exclude questions from the Hot Network Questions list?. If you want to participate in that debate, now is the time. | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 13:50 | comment | added | Kyle Kanos | @DavidZ I agree that it would be irresponsible. However, it's happened that no real reason was given (I.e., "I'm voting to close this question as off-topic.")--just take a look at the question close stats in the 10k Tools. | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 4:21 | comment | added | David Z Mod | While you can give any reason in the text field when you vote to close as off topic, I'd say it's highly irresponsible to cast that vote if the reason is nothing more than "because I feel like it". I would expect that people who have earned that privilege have a good sense of what fits with the site's scope and what doesn't, and why, and they should rely on that sense when casting and justifying close votes. | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 3:02 | comment | added | Kyle Kanos | @enumaris you can write anything there. Or just leave it as "I'm voting to close this question." Obviously reasons help others VTC too. We generally use it to cost questions for reasons not expressly identified in the 5 options we have. | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 0:10 | answer | added | JMac | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 26, 2018 at 23:31 | answer | added | Emilio Pisanty | timeline score: 7 | |
| Nov 26, 2018 at 23:18 | comment | added | enumaris | @KyleKanos Are you referring to the off-topic because "other"? Because my understanding of that option is that I have to provide a valid reason (hence why I have to type a comment). And I can't just write "because I feel like it". | |
| Nov 26, 2018 at 23:18 | comment | added | rob Mod | Note that it's hard to address this question without the additional context that the Hot Network Questions feature doesn't necessarily showcase a site's best questions. | |
| Nov 26, 2018 at 23:14 | comment | added | Kyle Kanos | @enumaris yes there is such an option and we use it all the time. | |
| Nov 26, 2018 at 23:10 | history | edited | QmechanicMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 26, 2018 at 23:01 | comment | added | Jon Custer | In the SE model, if you have a particular privilege you are allowed to exercise that privilege - the ability and authority come hand in hand. You appear to be hung up still about your question that was closed (following the SE rules) and reopened (again following the SE rules). It happens. | |
| Nov 26, 2018 at 22:49 | comment | added | enumaris | A vote to close is paired with a reason. If someone voted to close a thread, they also have to click on a reason. So theoretically there should always be a valid reason to vote for close. There's no "I'm voting to close this thread because I feel like it" reason. | |
| Nov 26, 2018 at 22:33 | history | asked | Kurt Fitzner | CC BY-SA 4.0 |