Timeline for How big a role should quotes play in answers?
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| Mar 20, 2017 at 10:32 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://meta.stackexchange.com/ with https://meta.stackexchange.com/
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| Mar 16, 2017 at 16:44 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://meta.literature.stackexchange.com/ with https://literature.meta.stackexchange.com/
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| Jan 21, 2017 at 0:16 | comment | added | DVK | Wikis may or may not be accurate when it comes to content analysis (as opposed to dry fact). Tolkien Gateway has a reputation for being quite thorough. Wookiepedia (and in the middle of the range, HP Wikia) have a reputation of containing tons of BS content, stemming from people taking a single fact from canon and extrapolating form it into overgeneralization fallacy at best and writing "fanficy" storification at worst. So, merely saying "answer is on Wikia" isn't a good enough approach (and, an answer that just quotes Wiki isn't necesaily even a good answer) | |
| Jan 20, 2017 at 22:58 | comment | added | HDE 226868 | (This relates specifically to the LoTR answer) Yes, the passage from the wiki might be enough to answer the question, but there's a lot more that could be added. The OP might not have any idea who Isildur is, or how he came to get the ring itself. Expanding more on the quote adds drastically to the value of the answer. | |
| Jan 20, 2017 at 22:52 | history | edited | Helmar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 20, 2017 at 21:54 | comment | added | Cahir Mawr Dyffryn æp Ceallach | @Hamlet The problem is that it also works the other way around. "low quality questions and answers beget more low quality questions (and answers)." | |
| Jan 20, 2017 at 21:47 | comment | added | user111 | I think you hit the nail on the head with "low quality questions beget low quality answers." We need to do a better job of recognizing and upvoting high-quality content. | |
| Jan 20, 2017 at 21:39 | history | answered | Helmar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |