Timeline for The moderator power of "vote to close"
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| Aug 10, 2010 at 0:45 | comment | added | Reid | +1 on no blame. While I'm not sure if I agree the question should have ended up closed, I'm behind the rest of @jrista's last comment 100%, especially the part about not singling out @chills42. | |
| Aug 7, 2010 at 17:39 | comment | added | jrista Mod | @Chills: I also wanted to note that I do not think there is any blame to go around here at all. We were all just recently given moderator powers, and we all need to figure out what they are, how they work, and when to use them. I feel rather sorry that question was the one you closed...I hope you don't feel as though we are trying to single you out or anything. In all honesty, I think that particular question was just a good example of where we might (but not necessarily always) take a moments pause before taking the appropriate action...and your action was appropriate. | |
| Aug 7, 2010 at 17:34 | comment | added | jrista Mod | @Matt: I think Reid and I are both with you, 100%. The thing I worry about is, if we mods go around closing such threads the moment we see them, what kind of message are we sending to our (possibly potential) members? That we are the heavy handed arm of the photo-god, out to crush their questions? I agree, the question should have ended up closed, but until we are a more established site, I think it would be a good idea as mods to let things simmer for a bit and let the community act, then take action ourselves, along with a kind comment, to let the community know what to enforce where. | |
| Aug 6, 2010 at 19:44 | comment | added | ex-ms | @Reid - I think reading the good root question is a good idea, but can't be the end. Unless the bad version gets recast into the good one, it still ends up being noise. It won't get found by people looking for answers to "buy now or buy later?" And every slight variation ("D700 or hypothetical D700s?") either repeats the same general answer, or redirects to one that has no obvious relation except for that one general answer. I particularly see the latter creating arguments along the lines of "but the D700/D700s choice is different in ways XYZ to the G11/G12 choice! why'd you close it!?" | |
| Aug 6, 2010 at 18:33 | comment | added | jrista Mod | Well, I went to throw in my vote to reopen the thread...and it seems our votes to open are also immediate. I do feel like we blasted this poor question into closure oblivion before giving it a chance. I also agree with Reid's assessment that the question was not speculation, but advisory. I think this is a good example of why we as moderators should be sparing with our use of closure/reopen powers. I agree with Reid...I think we gave AR01 a great reason to never return...and possibly the same message to anyone else who reads that question. | |
| Aug 6, 2010 at 5:38 | comment | added | Reid | My reading of the question was that it was not "help me speculate about unreleased camera X" but rather "buy now or buy later", which is a very valid question, and in fact it did draw such an answer. But instead of reading between the lines a bit, we blasted the question with an immediate close (dismissing it as "pure speculation"), and we did not provide any constructive feedback to the OP, such as "this formulation is discouraged but if what you're really asking is buy now vs. buy later, here are tips on asking in a better way". I suspect AR01 will not be back. | |
| Aug 5, 2010 at 23:57 | comment | added | Joanne C | I agree with Matt and chills42, it was my first reaction to the question as well. | |
| Aug 5, 2010 at 21:02 | comment | added | ex-ms | My take is that it's clearly out of scope; any honest answer to the actual question would require speculation on the unreleased G12, which we've already decided is off topic. | |
| Aug 5, 2010 at 19:11 | comment | added | chills42 Mod | If others feel that it was incorrect to close that one I would understand, but I think there is a clear consensus that unreleased camera speculation is off topic. see meta.photo.stackexchange.com/questions/130/… | |
| Aug 5, 2010 at 18:53 | comment | added | jrista Mod | Should we reopen that question and let the community do its due? | |
| Aug 5, 2010 at 17:25 | history | answered | Reid | CC BY-SA 2.5 |