Timeline for Can we modify the "shopping" close reason to include more than just "out-of-date quickly"?
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| Dec 4, 2014 at 15:02 | history | edited | AJ HendersonMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 4, 2014 at 15:00 | comment | added | AJ Henderson Mod | That's fair. :) Thanks for the suggestion though. | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 14:50 | comment | added | mattdm | Better, but I still cordially disagree. :) | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 14:48 | comment | added | AJ Henderson Mod | @mattdm - fair point, added a possible update to make it more clear that not all product recommendations are bad. I'm still not sure I like the idea of bringing any broad product recommendations (choose thing for x?) questions on topic vs the current (compare x, y and z for A) | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 14:48 | history | edited | AJ HendersonMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 4, 2014 at 14:43 | comment | added | AJ Henderson Mod | More specifically, it feels like what some elements of the community really want is a "Too Localized" close reason and have been abusing the Product Recommendation close reason for those ends. "Too Localized" used to be a close reason and it was removed because it was subject to lots of abuse network wide. I don't think that is a good reason to close a question. | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 14:42 | comment | added | mattdm | Because the current close reason seems definitive. If you'd like it to be less so, might I suggest proposing an alternate wording? :) | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 14:40 | comment | added | AJ Henderson Mod | I'd challenge we have been abusing the close reason as well. Why aren't we answering a product recommendation if it is a) well enough scoped to allow for a meaningful answer, b) not opinion based in a bad way and c) likely to remain consistent. | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 14:37 | comment | added | mattdm | I disagree — we often get questions closed this way about things which aren't really likely to get out of date, and I perpetually feel the need to explain to the hapless newbie in comments. I'd like the explanation to be built in. | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 14:34 | history | answered | AJ HendersonMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |