Timeline for answer to Is an answer that says that other answers are wrong not an answer? by Robert Harvey
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| Nov 22, 2020 at 22:17 | comment | added | Asteroids With Wings | I don't see how my comment counts as an invocation of the slippery slope fallacy. At all. | |
| Nov 22, 2020 at 21:42 | comment | added | OrangeDog | Moderators can also convert an answer into a comment, which is usually the desirable outcome | |
| Nov 22, 2020 at 15:15 | history | edited | Robert Harvey | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 22, 2020 at 12:07 | comment | added | Braiam | This is not a forum. If you have reservations of other posts you should comment on them, not posting another answer that should be a solution to the issue the question is about. | |
| Nov 21, 2020 at 16:42 | comment | added | Robert Harvey | We call that a "slippery slope fallacy." | |
| Nov 21, 2020 at 16:27 | comment | added | Asteroids With Wings | I mean, sure, we could all just ignore the quality controls that we've spent the last 11 years putting in place, so that we don't appear to be "slavishly adhering to rules". I don't know when or why it became cool to "do the wrong thing" just for appearances' sake, but yay I suppose. | |
| Nov 21, 2020 at 16:22 | comment | added | Robert Harvey | @AsteroidsWithWings: You sound frustrated. Don't be. Moderation is always a value judgement; if it weren't, what would be the point? Slavish adherence to rules? | |
| Nov 21, 2020 at 16:14 | comment | added | Asteroids With Wings | It's straight up not an answer, categorically, and if the threshold for curation & moderation is "it must materially harm the site" then really what the heck are we all bothering for? | |
| Nov 21, 2020 at 12:26 | comment | added | user14675723 | @exnihilo In no way was I trying to discredit anyone, the answers which I had pointed out as incorrect were upvoted and accepted. Furthermore, the examples given in my "answer" are quite relevant to the original question posted. I'll add a disclaimer to my post nonetheless. | |
| Nov 20, 2020 at 23:27 | comment | added | Stack Exchange Broke The Law | @exnihilo Even "don't do it like this: <code>" is not very useful. Answers need to say what you should do, not what you shouldn't! | |
| Nov 20, 2020 at 21:30 | comment | added | Travis J | I agree Robert. I would go further though, beyond "does this cause harm" to this is actually a valid answer, because it does answer the question by stating what not to do. Is that useful? Well, that is what votes are for, not deletions. | |
| Nov 20, 2020 at 19:54 | comment | added | Scratte | @exnihilo Except that they went out of their way to inform about problems with the other posts. The information is useful for users that find those others posts. Language layering seems destructive. Removing it makes Stack worse, not better. | |
| Nov 20, 2020 at 19:54 | comment | added | Braiam | @exnihilo not only on the flag that condition is there, it's also on the help page: Answers that do not fundamentally answer the question may be removed. This includes answers that are: commentary on the question or other answers | |
| Nov 20, 2020 at 18:05 | comment | added | 10 Rep | I think an answer that says other answers are wrong can't be considered NAA, at all. A mod flag might be innapropriate as well, only because it's an answer. If one doesn't like the answer, they can downvote, but not flag. | |
| Nov 20, 2020 at 18:03 | history | answered | Robert Harvey | CC BY-SA 4.0 |