Timeline for Answering a Broad question with a Broad answer
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| Feb 6, 2018 at 20:57 | answer | added | FoxMcCloud | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 6, 2018 at 1:16 | comment | added | Ben | @Robotnik that's fair :) | |
| Feb 6, 2018 at 1:15 | comment | added | Robotnik Mod | @Ben - "I really don't believe that any fault should lie on the answers for trying to provide some help. Yes, assumptions need to be made, but that doesn't have to stop us from answering." - a quote from yourself, from the last time this was brought up (in respect to Unclear questions) | |
| Feb 6, 2018 at 1:08 | comment | added | Robotnik Mod | Deleting that answer while the question is closed, before the question is reopened or deleted would in fact "fly in the face of how the automated system works". Sure, if the question gets closed and deleted, the answer is deleted too. But that's not what's in dispute here. | |
| Feb 6, 2018 at 1:07 | comment | added | Robotnik Mod | @Frank - This has nothing to do with the way auto deletion or rep works. This is about users answering questions others think are too broad. Your assumption that every closed question gets deleted is incorrect - questions can be reduced in scope/made clear and reopened again, at which point any answer currently in existence on the question can (and should!) be evaluated by voting. (cont) | |
| Feb 6, 2018 at 0:42 | comment | added | Frank | @Robotnik Your opinion flies in the face of how the automated system works. Closed questions with answers get deleted all on their own. In fact, you lose that rep gain when it gets deleted, even if all you did was have an accepted suggested edit. That tells me there should be no incentive to answering questions unfit for the site. | |
| Feb 6, 2018 at 0:28 | history | edited | RobotnikMod |
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| Feb 6, 2018 at 0:27 | comment | added | Robotnik Mod | I guess I'm just failing to see the relevance - the question got answered before it was closed, happens all the time. Closures/Reopens happen because of votes of individual members with individual interpretations of what constitutes "Too Broad" or "Unclear" etc. If you answer a question that you think is clear but others think is unclear and VTC as such, are you then in the wrong? Should we downvote or delete an answer because the question is closed? No, I don't think so - the answer should be judged on it's own merits irrespective of what's going on up on the question. | |
| Feb 6, 2018 at 0:07 | comment | added | Ben | Personally, I would disagree. They've been an SE member for over 6 years now, as well as identifying the "multiple questions", which the close reason clearly states: "Avoid asking multiple distinct questions at once". | |
| Feb 6, 2018 at 0:02 | comment | added | Robotnik Mod | The person that answered wasn't involved in the closing decision. Perhaps they simply disagreed with how broad is 'too broad'? | |
| Feb 5, 2018 at 23:58 | history | asked | Ben | CC BY-SA 3.0 |