I think that's the correct way to decide it. Is my litmus test: "Will a correct and upvoted answer to this question accurately reflect an increase in trust for this user by the community?" too harsh? A popular answer there indicates nothing more than that the poster had a good story to tell. Joke/anecdote questions, for example, are obvious candidates for CW. But it is still relevant, and good answers do reflect knowledge and should contribute to the user's "level of trust", so I generally argue against CW'ing those.īut then there are the ones that are just for fun. Asking "what is the best practice in programming situation X" is subjective and there might be more than one correct answer. I tend to object to the constant cries of "MAKE IT CW" that appear as soon as there is the tiniest bit of subjectivity or open-endedness involved. I didn't know people were offended when a question was marked CW. I suppose I don't really understand why people are offended when questions are marked community wiki. Is it unrealistic to want everything that is NOT a sysadmin (on SF) Q&A post to fall under community wiki? Is my litmus test: "Will a correct and upvoted answer to this question accurately reflect an increase in trust for this user by the community?" too harsh? I'm OK with being unpopular with those who disagree with the intent of the site, but I want to do what I can to make sure I'm interpreting that intent correctly. While I find it fun and rewarding to answer questions, I'm not really invested in getting a top rep score - but I DO want to understand this more fully so I can moderate more consistently and fairly. The intent of the community wiki tag is to allow discussion that does not necessarily reflect techncial skill by taking rep out of the equation * "Questions" that do not pertain to technical skills should be marked community wiki - one intended result being that someone particularly adept at posting popular joke/anecdote questions does not end up with a trust level equal to someone providing consistently high quality answers & questions. The rep system is intended to indicate the level of trust that the site (and its users) have in your technical skill. I may be way off base with my assumptions, so I'll just list them. Apologies in advance for not being able to get a satisfactory answer from reading all the related posts I could find.
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