Timeline for How should references be handled vs original research?
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| Mar 27, 2013 at 10:59 | comment | added | Sklivvz Mod | meta.skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/1080/… | |
| Mar 27, 2013 at 10:55 | comment | added | Sklivvz Mod | Questions that can't be fixed are questions that contain exactly no facts and propose a theoretical solution to a practical problem, for example. If you feel any question has been deleted in error, open a question about it. However, outright deletion of unsalvageable answers is very rare. | |
| Mar 27, 2013 at 10:49 | comment | added | Wertilq | Yes sure it's about facts, but that doesn't change that "can't be fixed" is subjective. And you said you wanted rules that wasn't subjective at all, while at the moment it's still done in a subjective way. | |
| Mar 27, 2013 at 10:20 | comment | added | Sklivvz Mod | The score is irrelevant if the answer is not an answer - and answers which do not rely on facts (and will never be able to) are not answers here, per our FAQ. They are flagged as "not an answer" and are acted upon by community and mods. The fact is, this is a community of experts in evaluating facts, not experts in evaluating rational thought, speculation and philosophy. That is why this site is about applied skepticism. | |
| Mar 27, 2013 at 8:10 | comment | added | Wertilq | But if an answer have a positive score like 7-10, is the accepted answer, why is it then removed, without even commenting on it first? And if something CAN'T be fixed is also entirely subjective. Wasn't it getting away from being subjective, you tried to do. | |
| Mar 27, 2013 at 8:04 | comment | added | Sklivvz Mod | See: meta.skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/2136/… | |
| Mar 27, 2013 at 8:00 | comment | added | Sklivvz Mod | We do request and wait months. The problem is that certain answers are not, and will never, be based on fact due to their speculative nature. Such answers are not fixable. | |
| Mar 27, 2013 at 7:58 | comment | added | Wertilq | Yes you can have rules based on subjective choice. I have seen it done more than once before. Usually on games though, but still. This is a community which allows you to vote things up and down. That means everyone have their vote on if it's a proper question/answer. Not every question is one where you give reference to a scientific paper. And first of all you can REQUEST references using comments. Deleting things based on whatever you feel like, is NOT the way to go. | |
| Mar 27, 2013 at 0:13 | comment | added | Sklivvz Mod | and who is going to choose whether a particular question needs referenced answers? Based on what objective criteria? You can't have a rule based on subjective choice... | |
| Mar 26, 2013 at 12:03 | history | edited | Wertilq | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 26, 2013 at 11:52 | history | answered | Wertilq | CC BY-SA 3.0 |