Timeline for Challenge questions and post quality: How should we proceed?
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| Dec 12, 2014 at 6:20 | comment | added | BmyGuest | @Emrakul I am absolutely in favor of closing-votes, I just don't think we should fire at questions as quickly as in other SE sites because of the ambiguity of puzzle-quality as stated in the OP. | |
| Dec 11, 2014 at 21:44 | comment | added | user20 | Please, please keep voting to close questions. Let people know in comments that their question can be improved, and they will. I've seen it happen dozens of times over. | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 23:10 | comment | added | A E | True. Another approach is to amend the question to improve its suitability for this site, rather than voting to close it. That's what was trying to do here. This obviously does take a bit more time and effort than a simple VTC but it could be long-term more helpful, I'm thinking. | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 23:07 | comment | added | BmyGuest | @Miniman The thing is, that an immediately put [On hold] question not only turns away people, but also leaves a rather hostile impression. I think a question should be put [On hold] when it is clear it is a bad one and not when it looks suspiciously so. As for the reasons given in other postings, it is not always that clear-cut for P.SE posts. Hence my proposal of "let them live" (for a while) and vote for closure a bit later as usually on other SE sites. | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 23:03 | comment | added | A E | @Miniman, if I understand B correctly he's arguing that some puzzles which at first sight might appear 'bad' are actually subtle rather than bad and therefore don't need to be 'fixed'. | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 22:58 | comment | added | Miniman | The whole point of close votes is to put the question on hold so it can be fixed. | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 21:37 | history | answered | BmyGuest | CC BY-SA 3.0 |