Timeline for Proposal to delete post and closing questions asking whether social groups are mentally ill
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| Jun 23, 2017 at 11:06 | comment | added | Steven Jeuris Mod | Questions seeking validation of views they currently hold are just a different phrasing of "testing a hypothesis". Many laymen questions are like this, and I myself have been 'at fault' of this too then; take this question for example. As long as the OP is transparent in their argumentation, the answer can clarify the error in their reasoning (if any). Any follow-up discussion arising from this should be addressed in separate questions and should not be discussed at length in comments. Any non-conducive discussion should simply be removed. | |
| Jun 23, 2017 at 11:01 | comment | added | Steven Jeuris Mod | If they want to ask "but are you really really sure it's not a disorder" ... they can do so in a follow-up question, which, however, should either ask more details about what defines a disorder currently, or clarify their understanding why they feel it should be classified as a disorder so these more specific viewpoints can be debunked or discussed. | |
| Jun 21, 2017 at 16:06 | comment | added | Chris Rogers | (Cont.)...Looking at the whole situation, you have one person in the comments saying "While this question itself does not sound rhetorical, many of the followup comments sure sound to me like concern trolling, aka but are you really really sure it's not a disorder? I am really not comfortable with the way the OP appears to be angling for us to tell him it is a disorder." and in response to another person, the OP said "Its OK, I just think this isn't the place for your views as they complicate the question.", it seems he/she is not looking for anything which says "no". | |
| Jun 21, 2017 at 16:05 | comment | added | Chris Rogers | To clarify, I mean the homosexuality question we are talking about. (Is Homosexuality a Mental Disorder?). Where questions cause offense whereby it is obvious that the OP is looking for a validation to state that it is true (i.e. that Homosexuality is a mental disorder) they need deleting for reasons stated in my answer. Without mentioning names, ...(Cont.) | |
| Jun 21, 2017 at 15:32 | comment | added | mflo-ByeSE | Chris: to clarify, when you say "the case of the homosexuality question", are you proposing that all homosexuality questions lead to deletion (e.g., because these question are naturally more heated)? Or that this case, that happens to relate to homosexuality, leads to deletion? :) My interpretation of your comment is the latter, but I want to clarify! | |
| Jun 21, 2017 at 13:32 | comment | added | AliceD Mod | I really like your careful views on the matter. Thanks for looking into this. | |
| Jun 20, 2017 at 18:00 | history | edited | Chris Rogers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 20, 2017 at 13:56 | comment | added | AliceD Mod | Thank you for this. A quick response to the last sentences - there were people seriously offended and they did not feel welcome here [anymore]. +1 | |
| Jun 20, 2017 at 12:37 | history | answered | Chris Rogers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |