Timeline for Why is this question not considered an off-topic homework problem?
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| Jul 12, 2019 at 1:26 | comment | added | JMac | Yes, maybe it shouldn't be closed, but votes on it aren't the only thing to consider. My answer says the same, and explains my position. | |
| Jul 12, 2019 at 1:01 | comment | added | akhmeteli | @JMac : If the rules are not strict, you should not have a problem with my "many people liked the question, so maybe it just should not be closed?" | |
| Jul 12, 2019 at 0:56 | comment | added | akhmeteli | @AaronStevens : "it still seems like it should be considered off-topic." "I am not calling for it to be closed." I do apologize, it was naïve of me to think these two statements were mutually contradictory. | |
| Jul 11, 2019 at 14:42 | comment | added | JMac | @akhmeteli Those are not written as strict rules at all. As far as I'm aware, that is all closer to guidelines, not rules. Practically none of the community guidelines if any use "shall" or "must" language. AFAIK there is no "legal document" for us and how the community is governed. Things seem to fluid here for that. | |
| Jul 11, 2019 at 14:08 | comment | added | BioPhysicist | For the first thing you quote, I am asking how the question got to this point. Wondering why it was not considered to be off topic is not the same thing as calling for moderators to close the question. For the second thing you post, I am asking why this question makes it acceptable to go against the normal policy (read the previous question in my post). No where in my post do I call for the question to be closed. If I wanted that I would have explicitly stated it. It always amuses me when people tell me what I was thinking. | |
| Jul 11, 2019 at 14:03 | comment | added | akhmeteli | @AaronStevens : Maybe you changed your opinion later, but the quotes I gave speak for themselves. | |
| Jul 11, 2019 at 13:51 | comment | added | BioPhysicist | Please read my responses to other answers here. | |
| Jul 11, 2019 at 13:49 | comment | added | akhmeteli | @AaronStevens: "I am not calling for it to be closed." Then what did you mean by "I understand that it is a very interesting problem whose solution is not straight-forward, but it still seems like it should be considered off-topic"? Or by "What makes this problem different from other homework problems to make it acceptable?" | |
| Jul 11, 2019 at 13:41 | comment | added | akhmeteli | @JMac : For all intents and purposes, the rules are a legal document for us, and should be read as written. | |
| Jul 11, 2019 at 13:34 | comment | added | JMac | I really don't see how that wording is relevant here. It's not a legal document, so the "shall/should" distinction isn't quite as important. My interpretation has always been "You shouldn't ask any of those questions, because they will be closed as off topic and waste everyone's time." Shall to me implies that they have some way to prevent it, or that there would be greater consequences than the question just going away. People definitely can post those questions here, they just shouldn't. | |
| Jul 11, 2019 at 13:13 | comment | added | BioPhysicist | I wasn't saying anything about an absolute ban, and I am not calling for it to be closed. | |
| Jul 11, 2019 at 13:11 | history | answered | akhmeteli | CC BY-SA 4.0 |