Timeline for Proposal to delete post and closing questions asking whether social groups are mentally ill
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| Jun 23, 2017 at 11:11 | comment | added | Steven Jeuris Mod | @RobinKramer That does seem to be a well-spotted hidden premise in the OP's question ("given that the majority of people are heterosexual, can an alternative sexual orientation/identification be seen as a disorder"). Ill-founded questions can be put on hold for this, and it is through comments such hidden premises can surface so the question can be edited in shape. It is up to the OP, however, to express whether this is the reasoning they had in mind. Often, it is simply the case they did not reason about it yet at all. | |
| Jun 22, 2017 at 12:11 | comment | added | Robin Kramer-ten Have | @AliceD I may have thought of a solution. Instead of deleting this question, we could edit the question in such a way that it is does not single out one group. We could rephrase the question like: "given that the majority of people are heterosexual (reference), can an alternative sexual orientation/identification be seen as a disorder". The answer is then "No, it is not" and we can use the question to close/delete closely-related question. We thus salvage this question, and prevent similar ones from being asked. In the long run, it might bring more peace on this site. | |
| Jun 22, 2017 at 12:02 | history | edited | Robin Kramer-ten Have | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 21, 2017 at 20:07 | comment | added | Arnon Weinberg Mod | +1 for this, no sympathy for the moderators (just kidding!). This question gets asked, that's how it is. If we don't post the "right" answer here, then where should people go? Reddit or Facebook? I'd rather get the traffic here, and do a good job. I'm betting that the initial response will eventually settle down, and it would be a shame to close such a good and popular question because of the short-term pain it causes. My recommendation is to close such questions down immediately, let everyone settle down, edit as needed, and then reopen a few days (or weeks) later. | |
| Jun 21, 2017 at 15:38 | comment | added | mflo-ByeSE | I love the "bias laden" focus of your response: I think it really clarifies the behavior we should try to avoid. We shouldn't avoid opposing viewpoints (that is science!), but we should avoid this attacking stuff (which are bias laden, no factual support, etc). On the other hand, I also think we should avoid "Your a f***** idiot: see this study" (the first part is not supported, biased, etc; the second part may contribute something useful; but the answer as a whole is unacceptable) | |
| Jun 20, 2017 at 21:33 | vote | accept | AliceDMod | ||
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| Jun 20, 2017 at 10:49 | comment | added | Robin Kramer-ten Have | Let's see how others feel about it. | |
| Jun 20, 2017 at 10:13 | comment | added | AliceD Mod | This question was moderated and edited. I was on top of it all along to no avail. I'm opting for more drastic measures. | |
| Jun 20, 2017 at 10:10 | comment | added | Robin Kramer-ten Have | I do understand the hassle of yesterday and that you do not want to have it escalate like that anymore. I also want everyone to feel welcome, I really do. However, should we then ban questions, of should we moderate them and make them better? | |
| Jun 20, 2017 at 10:09 | comment | added | Robin Kramer-ten Have | But, as I stated, every single answer confirmed what the people believe (also those who took offense). A question was asked, and debunked. The way the question was asked was indeed offensive (being so biased), but an objective question cannot be offensive because it takes no side. It merely asks, and answers were provided. | |
| Jun 20, 2017 at 9:50 | comment | added | AliceD Mod | All very well, but last night's stuff wasn't easily dealt with. I've had one person on the email for quite a while and people take offense. Imo a line must be drawn and certain questions should be banned for the sake of keeping this platform a welcome place to everyone. This is not about people feeling sad, this is not about people feeling bad on the topic. No, it's because people are being tagged mentally ill because of their sexual preference, gender, skin color and what not. People take offense to that, and that repels folks from this site. | |
| Jun 20, 2017 at 9:27 | history | answered | Robin Kramer-ten Have | CC BY-SA 3.0 |