Timeline for Can we stop closing questions as "unclear what you are asking" for OPs above certain reputation?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:40 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Dec 26, 2015 at 19:24 | comment | added | Kyle Kanos | Asking for just a source is equivalent to asking for a link. We are not a repository of links to other places or other documents, nor do we want to be. If you want a link, use your favorite search engine for that. If you want a question answered about fluid dynamics, ask about the trouble you are having. Anything short of that is bad for you and this site, IMO. | |
| Dec 26, 2015 at 18:59 | comment | added | Jokela | The same thing is true/false or useful depending on who defines. The same goes on questions. My approach is that an Yes/No Answer isn't useful. I agree with the "asking a link" is a bad habit, but with "link" I ment "source". Using words is such everday struggle to me, that I have even said it in my profile. But I can go further alone; ie en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgers_vortex is one of the useful exact solutions I was looking for, but I am still looking for a source/experiment where it would be verified to be correct... | |
| Dec 26, 2015 at 18:35 | comment | added | Kyle Kanos | Yes, it is the point: ask a useful question to get a useful answer. A Yes/No question isn't a useful question, that's what I'm saying. Asking for a link is just as bad as asking for a Yes/No answer because it is just as useless a question. I'm not sure why you feel the need to bring in an anti-religious quote from Seneca into this discussion, but if you want to I do not feel any contempt for an atheist, who is often a man limited and constrained by his own logic to a very sad simplification. -- Chesterton. | |
| Dec 26, 2015 at 18:26 | comment | added | Jokela | Useful, YES! That's the point. And this comes from the context. But you don't need to know that context. Some one might really need the numerical value with 20 Million desimals to calculate something. Then "just 10 Mio" would be "NO", But the other just want's to hear an answer "YES, it's Circumference/Diameter ratio of circle"; I sure can't tell what is useful to someone else. I doubt if anyone even wants me to define that. Strictly said, only useful thing is to produce food. “Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.” ― Seneca | |
| Dec 26, 2015 at 18:06 | comment | added | Kyle Kanos | If you actually want an answer to the question about pi, then it's Yes, π is accurately defined. That answers the question as asked. Is it useful? Probably not. And that is the point here. If you want a useful Q&A, ask a useful question. | |
| Dec 26, 2015 at 17:48 | comment | added | Jokela | Of course you can; just leave it unclear what means word "defined" or word "accurately". And You can even choose either yes or no, debending on how you would explain WHY yes/no. EVEN if you don't explain it. Ie. "Yes, Pi is already accurately defined for every practical use you can imagine." or "No, Pi is a number which can't be accurately defined." Q: If the question is not a Yes/No, then it's either a open-end or homework question?? A: Yes. Q: Do I need this dialogue? A: No. Q: IS Pi? A; Yes! (though It's unclear what is ment with the "IS") | |
| Dec 26, 2015 at 17:17 | comment | added | Kyle Kanos | can you give me a Yes/No answer without any explanation? Yes. ...most of the Yes/no questions demand an explanation "why" No they don't. | |
| Dec 26, 2015 at 17:09 | comment | added | Jokela | I have a point in my recent question, and Quite a lot of questions here are Yes/No questions. Even though there is thousands of simulations, in this case the "Yes/No"-answer would have needed to be combined with an experiment data, and the expected explanation would have to tell about the reached accuracy; If I ask "is Pi defined accurately?", can you give me a Yes/No answer without any explanation? Actually most of the Yes/no questions demand an explanation "why" and thus it's not an issue here; physics.stackexchange.com/help/asking | |
| Dec 26, 2015 at 16:23 | history | answered | Kyle Kanos | CC BY-SA 3.0 |