Timeline for Can we add "Questions asking for advice" to the list of off-topic questions?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:48 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Apr 4, 2013 at 16:45 | history | edited | enderland | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 4, 2013 at 16:39 | answer | added | bethlakshmi | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 4, 2013 at 15:14 | comment | added | IDrinkandIKnowThings | I updated the link to rev 1 of that question since it was edited and cleaned up after the link was added to this post. | |
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| Mar 18, 2013 at 16:56 | comment | added | Rachel | At first I was like "aren't all questions here asking for advice", but then I read your proposal and think it's a good one. A note about the phrasing though - it would be nice if the example questions were links to actual questions on the site | |
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| Mar 12, 2013 at 19:46 | answer | added | Jim In Texas | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 11, 2013 at 18:12 | comment | added | enderland | @denten the thing is, this website is not "Dear Workplace" - it has to be useful as a Q/A for others too. Most of the questions falling into this category simply are not useful outside the individual asking the question, which makes them almost always a poor fit for a Q/A of useful information. | |
| Mar 10, 2013 at 17:58 | comment | added | denten | I am just visiting you guys, but I am still confused about the mission here. The whole front page is conceivably a list of advice-type questions. How is cover letter (one of the tags btw) different from "trust feedback," "boss IM," or "dealing with unprofessional lead"? None of these have a specific answer, and the best answers like pdr's 62 vote "understand their motivations, react accordingly" are well written and excellent opinion pieces. I'd love to stop by more often, but at this point I don't understand the spirit of the place. | |
| Mar 10, 2013 at 14:42 | comment | added | enderland | I have also added "Cover Letter" to the list of things off topic to review given these comments | |
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| Mar 8, 2013 at 17:34 | comment | added | yoozer8 Mod | I'd suggest that rather than saying "with no problem" we say "with no specific problem to solve". I'm not 100% sure it's a better way to word it, but if someone is asking "what should I do?", they would most likely consider their situation a "problem". | |
| Mar 8, 2013 at 17:02 | comment | added | enderland | I've updated the phrase a fair bit incorporating the comments here. | |
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| Mar 8, 2013 at 12:31 | comment | added | Zelda | @gnat I prefer that. Almost any question could be seen as "asking advice"; the real problem is the excessive openendedness of requests, and IMO "advice" doesn't clearly express that. I get what the point here is, but I don't think everyone will. I give people "advice" in direct answers to well asked questions all the time. | |
| Mar 8, 2013 at 3:59 | answer | added | Jim G. | timeline score: -2 | |
| Mar 7, 2013 at 22:01 | answer | added | yoozer8Mod | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 7, 2013 at 21:58 | history | edited | yoozer8Mod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 7, 2013 at 16:33 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackWorkplace/status/309703335349460992 | ||
| Mar 7, 2013 at 15:41 | comment | added | gnat | I think that would match nicely to authoritative quality requirement: "real questions have answers, not items or ideas or opinions" (nicely commented and explained at MSO) | |
| Mar 7, 2013 at 15:13 | answer | added | jmort253Mod | timeline score: 7 | |
| Mar 7, 2013 at 14:39 | history | edited | enderland | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 7, 2013 at 14:39 | comment | added | enderland | @Jim that would definitely work too. I'll edit the OP. | |
| Mar 7, 2013 at 14:38 | comment | added | yoozer8 Mod | To prevent that section of the FAQ from getting too long, I'd be fine with a version of this that could replace (and subsume) the "Which job should I take?" question. | |
| Mar 7, 2013 at 14:31 | history | asked | enderland | CC BY-SA 3.0 |