Timeline for Are questions about hardware design decisions classified as "developer intent" questions?
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| Mar 10, 2016 at 13:12 | comment | added | Frank | That's not a clear, nor consistent policy. We'd be exactly back where we are now, where it's a complete crapshoot whether you get your question kept open or not. | |
| Mar 10, 2016 at 5:25 | comment | added | user86571 | @Frank Except that it never led to a consensus on meta that it was a problem that needed to be fixed. All sort of posts on all sorts of topics have been closed and deleted because the particular question was deemed to be unanswerable. Individual questions about developer intent can still be closed if that particular question is judged too broad or a matter of opinion. Just like we do with questions about game mechanics. We don't ban questions about character classes just because sometimes people ask which class is the best. We don't have to throw out the baby with the bathwater. | |
| Mar 10, 2016 at 5:12 | comment | added | Frank | Except we have several examples. And those are from just a quick search. | |
| Mar 10, 2016 at 5:00 | comment | added | user86571 | @Frank No, my premise is that there was never a track record of this being a problem, even before this close reason was added and the questions started being deleted. If there was then there should be a post on meta here that someone can point to where a consensus formed that this was a problem that needed to be fixed. Instead all I've ever seen justifying it is speculation that it would be a problem if allowed. | |
| Mar 10, 2016 at 4:02 | comment | added | Frank | There's no track record because all the problematic questions have been deleted. So your premise is flawed. | |
| Mar 10, 2016 at 3:26 | history | answered | user86571 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |