Timeline for Should we close/lock old questions with many answers at some point?
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| Sep 6, 2015 at 12:06 | comment | added | rschwieb | @NajibIdrissi hmm, the original problem was replaced with a nonexistent one, then a finally a rhetorical coup-de-grace for the troublemakers (who apparently are nonmathematicians who favor sugary drinks.) hmmmmmm | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 15:46 | comment | added | Asaf Karagila Mod | @Bill: math.stackexchange.com/questions/11/is-overline9-1 is one example. It actually has 20 deleted answers vs. 17 undeleted answers. | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 15:21 | comment | added | Bill Dubuque | @Asaf Please give some prototypical examples of such questions to help better focus the discussion. | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 15:10 | comment | added | Asaf Karagila Mod | @Bill: And what if it already has many duplicate answers? I don't understand why you can't ignore this discussion if you don't like it. No need to get snarky. | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 13:30 | comment | added | Bill Dubuque | Attempting to close a question because "my crystal ball predicts that it will attract many additional non-answers" would bring the abuse of closing to a new low. It boggles the mind to think that anyone would consider any such action proper. What's next. closing questions because they have too few answers? But wait, SE already promotes such stupidity. Good thing mathematicians don't. Instead, we cherish challenging problems that are not easily answered. Stop drinking the SE Kool-aid. | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 11:35 | answer | added | quid | timeline score: 28 | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 11:18 | history | edited | Martin Sleziak |
These are the only tags related to locking and closing that I see. Feel free to revert my edit if you think that they do not fit.; edited tags
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| Sep 2, 2015 at 10:35 | history | edited | Asaf KaragilaMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 2, 2015 at 10:35 | comment | added | Asaf Karagila Mod | I see a downvote, and I want to make it clear. I am not suggesting that we do that. I am raising the issue for discussion. | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 9:58 | comment | added | Asaf Karagila Mod | It's one step, but insufficient. These answers will often times come from users with ~300-1000 points. Well beyond the reach of protection. (Unless you meant racketeering, in which case maybe it will help, but it's probably illegal.) | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 9:56 | comment | added | quid | Would protection have helped? (Likely not given the "using the site for a while"...sorry) | |
| Sep 2, 2015 at 9:51 | history | asked | Asaf KaragilaMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |