Timeline for Are questions about a graphics card's drivers off-topic?
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| Dec 20, 2012 at 4:42 | comment | added | Frank | @galacticninja You seem to be in the minority on this, I'm afraid. I doubt continuing to insist it is, when the community believes it's not, will work. You're free to continue trying, but I think all points have been addressed, and you're refusing to accept it. | |
| Dec 20, 2012 at 2:39 | comment | added | galacticninja | @TrentHawkins I believe that just like the audience of the "How do I buy a graphics card?" question (and many other questions in Arqade like it), the people most likely to regularly install and update their drivers, and experience this issue are gamers. I posted it in Arqade thinking that one of the site's gamer audience might be able to help. (Actually, someone did provide a possible solution, in chat, just as the question was being closed, or after it was already closed). | |
| Dec 19, 2012 at 16:31 | comment | added | Trent Hawkins | @galacticninja The "How do I buy a graphics card?" question can at least be answered from the viewpoint of gamers - We know, in general terms at least, the requirements of our pastime. We, through our experience, can direct others on where to get the latest stable drivers for their card. We could probably even direct users to the tools necessary to clean out the old drivers before the installation of new ones. But if the windows installer used by ATI hangs in the installation process - it crosses the line where gamers can be expected to diagnose and resolve the issue. | |
| Dec 19, 2012 at 16:23 | history | edited | Frank | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 19, 2012 at 16:20 | comment | added | Frank | The second test is what gets applied to technical questions to determine if they're in our purview or not. Sorry, forgot to add that into the answer itself. We're discussing this in chat; care to join us? | |
| Dec 19, 2012 at 16:17 | comment | added | galacticninja | I read the second test you mentioned and noticed that a lot of (highly upvoted) [graphics-card] questions fail it too. e.g. How do I buy a graphics card? (32 upvotes) When you apply the reasoning in your answer, and apply it fairly and consistently, then that question also has "no games mentioned being played, and indeed, ...is not specific to any single game", and if so, "would be better suited to SuperUser." | |
| Dec 19, 2012 at 16:16 | comment | added | galacticninja | "Why are you so adamant that this question must belong here?" For reasons that I already mentioned, and because I believe that the close vote reason was not applied fairly and consistently with my question, compared to other similar questions. And because I am planning to post another question similar to it and don't want to see it downvoted and closed on sight. =) | |
| Dec 19, 2012 at 16:02 | comment | added | Frank | @galacticninja You're missing the point, and bashing at the same point over and over; step back, take a deep breath, and calm down. Take a look at the second test I mentioned. This problem remains, even when you remove games from the equation; this looks to be an issue with Windows. Why are you so adamant that this question must belong here? | |
| Dec 19, 2012 at 15:59 | comment | added | galacticninja | This question about buying a graphics card (currently has 32 upvotes), with no mention of a specific game, also has to be closed and/or migrated to Super User (where I bet it would be closed) if this answer is to be followed. And so will many of the other top-voted posts with the 'graphics-card' tag. | |
| Dec 19, 2012 at 15:56 | comment | added | galacticninja | Why does a specific game have to be mentioned in the question to be on-topic? The FAQ explicitly states that game-specific hardware and utilities are on-topic; I don't think this means that you also have to mention a specific game. | |
| Dec 19, 2012 at 15:03 | history | edited | Frank | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 19, 2012 at 14:39 | history | answered | Frank | CC BY-SA 3.0 |