Timeline for Should we have a "That's the joke" close reason?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:43 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| May 21, 2013 at 14:59 | comment | added | NominSim | @Beofett Wasn't trying to diminish your point, just wanted to point out that the majority of Futurama content resulted from that contest. That being said, if we were to include the multitude of questions that were closed/downvoted due to poor content then perhaps we would see a majority able to be answered with "that's the joke". | |
| May 21, 2013 at 10:46 | comment | added | Beofett | @NominSim the claim was that most of the questions can be answered with "that's the joke". The fact that there was a contest providing incentive for new users to ask, yet most received better answers than "that's the joke" (both during and long after) does nothing to diminish my point. | |
| May 21, 2013 at 5:16 | comment | added | NominSim | @Beofett The reason for most (all almost) of the Futurama questions and answers was the advertised contest with real world prizes for Futurama material. The quantity/quality of questions/answers can't really be viewed wholesale without taking that into account. (i.e. a majority of those questions/answers came from fledgling users unaware of standards of quality for the site). | |
| Apr 29, 2013 at 13:15 | comment | added | Beofett | @AndresF. There are currently 186 questions tagged futurama. A cursory glance indicates that your claim that most questions about the show can be answered with "that's the joke" is not supported at all by the evidence. | |
| Apr 28, 2013 at 22:37 | comment | added | Andres F. | Most questions about Futurama (and similar shows) can be answered with "That's the joke". That the correct answer isn't very interesting actually tells us a lot about the quality of the questions themselves. | |
| Apr 26, 2013 at 15:38 | history | edited | Adam LearStaffMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 24, 2013 at 22:27 | history | edited | Adam LearStaffMod |
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| Apr 24, 2013 at 22:27 | comment | added | Adam Lear StaffMod | We are working on some changes to the close system right now that will effectively allow sites to create "custom" close reasons. However, using it for questions that arrive at the frequency of "4 of 5 a month" would be overkill. In this specific case, I agree with Beofett - no need to close these in the first place. | |
| Feb 11, 2013 at 16:40 | comment | added | Beofett | @JohnO In light of your edits, perhaps the question should be turned into "What closed reason, if any, should be used for these questions?"? | |
| Feb 11, 2013 at 16:25 | history | edited | John O | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 11, 2013 at 14:41 | answer | added | Beofett | timeline score: 7 | |
| Feb 11, 2013 at 12:28 | answer | added | user11295 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 11, 2013 at 2:30 | comment | added | Slytherincess | Isn't this why we have downvoting, though? | |
| Feb 11, 2013 at 2:11 | comment | added | Izkata | I suspect this would have been helpful during the Futurama Apocalypse. But I blocked the tag during that time, so I wouldn't know for sure. | |
| Feb 10, 2013 at 23:08 | history | asked | John O | CC BY-SA 3.0 |