Timeline for Should reading-order questions be on-topic?
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| Feb 4, 2017 at 19:45 | comment | added | Buffer Over Read | @Randal'Thor "more objective than subjective" is a potentially vague term. As I stated before, your answer put the word "objective" in bold letters so it is only fair to ask whether the word is actually used in its proper sense or not. If that isn't the case, then I suggest to clarify your answer as to what you truly meant. | |
| Feb 4, 2017 at 19:43 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor Mod | @TheBitByte My understanding of "good subjective" as opposed to "bad subjective" is that it essentially means "having objective support". Like it says in the help centre, they should "inspire answers that explain “why” and “how”" and "have a constructive, fair, and impartial tone" and "insist that opinion be backed up with facts and references". Impartiality and especially facts and references sound more objective than subjective. | |
| Feb 4, 2017 at 19:38 | comment | added | Buffer Over Read | @Randal'Thor If you view them as "good subjective". well, okay, that is your opinion, but what I'm saying is, "good subjective" and "objective" may be potentially significantly different things. Therefore, I was suggesting that you clarify your answer as to which of these you are referring to. I might be nitpicking, but your answer put the word "objective" in bold letters so it is only fair to ask whether the word is actually used in its proper sense or not. | |
| Feb 4, 2017 at 19:25 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor Mod | @TheBitByte It's quite hard to define levels of objectivity in any, well, objective sense. I suggest you read Good Subjective, Bad Subjective - for the reasons outlined above, I believe reading-order questions are a good case of Good Subjective, provided we're conscientious about voting on answers to them. | |
| Feb 4, 2017 at 19:13 | comment | added | Buffer Over Read | @Rand al'Thor Can you clarify what level of objectivity you are referring to here? In the strictest sense, what you're suggesting is not really objective. In a less strict sense however, it may be objective enough for the purposes of this site, but even that is different from simply calling it "objective", since the latter does not say what the limits of said objectivity are, and I suggest you do add a note about that to your answer. | |
| Feb 4, 2017 at 19:10 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor Mod | @TheBitByte No, I mean "objective". Answers should not be based simply on personal preference, but on objective evidence. For example, as said, perhaps reading book A will give you major spoilers for the ending of book B, or certain allusions in book C only make sense when you already know the events of book A, or the author is on record as recommending a particular order. None of these are subjective criteria. | |
| Feb 4, 2017 at 19:07 | comment | added | Buffer Over Read | What do you mean by "objective supporting evidence"? There isn't always a "perfect" reading order that everybody should use. Some people may prefer simply reading them by the order they were published, other people may have other preferences, that is far from the meaning of the word "objective", so I suggest you remove that phrase. However, your answer in general is quite good. | |
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| Jan 18, 2017 at 18:59 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor Mod | @Helmar Heh, that's quite amusing :-) But see the last two paragraphs of my answer: sure, reading-order questions CAN attract bad answers as well as good ones, but by voting responsibly we can ensure that the well-justified ones rise to the top and the minimalist ones die out. | |
| Jan 18, 2017 at 18:37 | comment | added | Helmar | You do realize that said blog post also says that a discussion about the watching order of Star Wars is really bad? It's the prime example of subjective and I think it does not rank well on the six follow up questions. Especially on the experience over opinions it ranks abysmally. | |
| Jan 18, 2017 at 17:50 | history | answered | Rand al'ThorMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |