This seems to be a big issue for people here when deciding what is good and what is not. From what I can gather this is what constitutes a bad or not very good question on this site.
- A question with an answer that can be googled easily
- A question that if you logically think about it is easily answerable
- A question where the answer is obvious
- A badly written question
- A poor quality question that's content is vague
- A question that does not seem to put much effort into
Those are what I have been told, if there are any more, feel free to inform me.
I would like to put forward a different point view on this matter.
- A question with an answer that can be googled easily
Why is this a bad question? If the question has been asked on SFF and creates good answers, why is it inherently a bad or low quality question? Shouldn't the site be welcoming questions that have not been asked here, as it will inevitable attract more users when they Google for the same question. So I can't see this as reason for down voting.
- A question that if you logically think about it is easily answerable
Again, if it has not been asked on this site before and it creates good answers, why is this a bad or low quality question?
- A question where the answer is obvious
Again, if it has not been asked on this site before and it creates good answers, why is this a bad or low quality question? Just because the answer is obvious or easy why the down votes?
- A badly written question
I agree that a terribly written question may be the subject of down votes, but suggestions in the comments could make it better, so before down voting should it not be better to give advice?
- A poor quality question that's content is vague
I can't say much for something like this, not every question deserves up votes. But again, comments could help clarify in some cases.
- A question that does not seem to put much effort into
Again, if it has not been asked on this site before and it creates good answers, why is this a bad or low quality question? Just because the question required little effort why the down votes?
My main issue is, "What constitutes a bad question?" and I can't think of an example where a question that has not been asked here before and creates good answers can be considered a bad question.
The way the system is geared right now is, it is easy to cast a down vote on a question as there is no rep change and the down vote for a question is the same value as an answer down vote even though an answer up vote is worth double the rep. Why is the system not equal? Allow same rep value for questions and require a loss of rep for a down vote?
And that is the biggest issue here on this site. This site is Sci-fi Stack Exchange, not Stack Overflow. I can honestly see someone getting help for a problem on Stack Overflow by asking a question, that will help them in their day to day lives or helping them financially in the future. But, com'on people, we are asking and answering question from a fantasy world, so where will any of this actually help us in day to day life. Why does the system have to be geared so much towards the answer?
And the last thing I want to say is, without questions, there are no answers, so I really do think it is a case of putting the horse before the cart on a site where we are all just having some fun.
- I am asking to put up the value of a questions up vote to equal an answers.
- To lose rep when down voting a question like with an answer
Answers to this question should cover all the points I have put forth. And show a real reason as to why my last two feature requests would affect this site detrimentally.
I posted a question to prove my point. How did Thanos travel from place to place?. See the comments for context.