Timeline for PSA: Just because *you* don't understand a question doesn't automatically make it unclear
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| Sep 3, 2022 at 21:22 | comment | added | barlop | @NotTheDr01ds There is a fundamental issue here, which is, that clearly a bot(unless perhaps super advdanced AI), can't effectively judge whether a question is unclear or insufficiently detailed. And if a question were so unclear or so unsufficiently detailed that even a bot could tell, then the question has deeper problems than that. | |
| Sep 3, 2022 at 21:02 | comment | added | NotTheDr01ds | @barlop Note that I said specifically "not in English". A question in Portuguese, unfortunately, needs to be closed here as it's not understandable in the required language of the site. However, a question with (as you say), "poor English" is different. Questions that have poor English can often be rewritten to be more clear, and I do so whenever possible. However, there are also questions that are just so unclear that they really can't be salvaged. Since you have 10k rep, I'll refer you to this one as an example. | |
| Sep 3, 2022 at 17:37 | comment | added | barlop | You write "Questions that are not in English are considered (I believe) to be "Needs detail or clarity", but I would hope that the first person to vote-to-close on this basis would leave a polite comment explaining that policy." <--- Seems to me that if a question has poor English, that doesn't mean it lacks detail or clarity. Also if it is thought that something lacks details or clarity, it should be specified what details or clarity it lacks and why it is necessary | |
| Sep 3, 2022 at 17:34 | comment | added | barlop | @FrankThomas what helps the community are quality QnA. And it's possible to have that + help people. | |
| Sep 1, 2022 at 0:11 | comment | added | Frank Thomas | I really don't like the idea that somehow superuser's overall "quality" as a Q/A site is based on the quality of other peoples questions/answers rather than on trying to reliably help people with questions find answers. Its like google is the customer, not the community itself. | |
| Aug 24, 2022 at 0:03 | history | edited | NotTheDr01ds | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Small typo
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| Aug 23, 2022 at 16:16 | history | answered | NotTheDr01ds | CC BY-SA 4.0 |