Timeline for How to deal with questions that are clearly not meant seriously?
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| Nov 28 at 7:01 | answer | added | JBH | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 16, 2020 at 11:02 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jun 25, 2018 at 0:34 | answer | added | elemtilas | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 24, 2018 at 20:04 | history | edited | HDE 226868Mod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 23, 2018 at 1:54 | comment | added | a4android | @ArtificialSoul OK I've looked at the original question. The deleted comments are unavailable. There are problems with its written form. Deciding how things would work in a flat-earth is the business of worldbuilding. It isn't obviously pushing a 'the world is flat in reality' point of view. While it is possible to suspect that, the question can be answered as a straightforward question about the mechanics of a flat-earth world. If the OP was clearly pushing a flat-earth debate that would be different. I give it the benefit of the doubt. | |
| Jun 22, 2018 at 20:06 | answer | added | jkdev | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 22, 2018 at 14:10 | answer | added | userMod | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 22, 2018 at 7:43 | comment | added | ArtificialSoul | @a4android: Yes, but if you look at the original wording of the question, the edit attempts to reintroduce the flat-earth questions and several of the now deleted comments, it is rather obvious in retrospect that he was really trying to create a stupid debate - mod HDE 226868 just cleaned up all of his mess. | |
| Jun 22, 2018 at 7:37 | answer | added | Separatrix | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jun 22, 2018 at 6:05 | comment | added | a4android | The kindest construction of this question is that it assumes someone in a flat-earyh cosmology is trying to devise a fictional round-earth cosmology. Perhaps, for a story they are writing. There's nothing with questions that postulate worlds contrary to nature as we know it. Many apparently stupid questions may be perfectly reasonable to their posters. Worldbuilding is a creative activity. Creativity often has to be playful & plain frivolous to succeed. A stupid question may have a serious purpose. | |
| Jun 21, 2018 at 14:46 | comment | added | ArtificialSoul | @Raditz_35: Yes, you're right. OP's intention is irrelevant. Maybe downvoting and reporting for low quality is the best. | |
| Jun 21, 2018 at 14:29 | comment | added | Raditz_35 | Is the intention of the OP truly relevant? Either it's a question that fits or it doesn't. Whether it is meant for trolling or not is kind of irrelevant, isn't it? I think it's fine to call out people sometimes, especially if the question is of extremely low quality (which was the case in that example), but what else can you do. Also, please see my question here: worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5914/… . I think what Mr Michael wrote there applies here as well | |
| Jun 21, 2018 at 14:24 | history | edited | HDE 226868Mod |
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| Jun 21, 2018 at 14:23 | answer | added | HDE 226868Mod | timeline score: 15 | |
| Jun 21, 2018 at 13:58 | history | asked | ArtificialSoul | CC BY-SA 4.0 |