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Then there's something that made me a little bit upset. A few days ago, @Phillip asked a question. He asked about a theoretical community. It was put on hold because it was too broad on the first sight. I decided to write a comment to point out the necessary points I'm interested in. He answered those and I voted to reopen that question again because I had enough information to give an answer. However, it disappeared then. I don't know if it was removed by himself or by moderators. But in both cases: Why did that even happen?

 

If he deleted it on his own, we clearly weren't as professional as we're supposed to be. I asked for detail, nobody else did.

Then there's something that made me a little bit upset. A few days ago, @Phillip asked a question. He asked about a theoretical community. It was put on hold because it was too broad on the first sight. I decided to write a comment to point out the necessary points I'm interested in. He answered those and I voted to reopen that question again because I had enough information to give an answer. However, it disappeared then. I don't know if it was removed by himself or by moderators. But in both cases: Why did that even happen?

If he deleted it on his own, we clearly weren't as professional as we're supposed to be. I asked for detail, nobody else did.

People upvote questions for all kinds of reasons. They might think it's interesting. They might want to give the asker reputation (yes this happens). They might think it's a good question for the beta. Or they might have just seen a kitten and are really happy.

The point is, people vote however they like for whatever reason. Score is absolutely not to be taken as a strict indicator of quality.

Closing, on the other hand, is a more concrete process. There are close reasons. If a question fits one of these reasons, by all means close it.

Don't take into account score when voting to close or leave open a question. Just look at the content and make your decision from there based on current guidelines.

-- http://meta.earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/111/should-we-close-questions-with-many-upvotes

People upvote questions for all kinds of reasons. They might think it's interesting. They might want to give the asker reputation (yes this happens). They might think it's a good question for the beta. Or they might have just seen a kitten and are really happy.

The point is, people vote however they like for whatever reason. Score is absolutely not to be taken as a strict indicator of quality.

Closing, on the other hand, is a more concrete process. There are close reasons. If a question fits one of these reasons, by all means close it.

Don't take into account score when voting to close or leave open a question. Just look at the content and make your decision from there based on current guidelines.

-- https://earthscience.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/111/should-we-close-questions-with-many-upvotes

What I meant by this: Our limited audience is because we have a refined set of target users. This in fact is why we do have such high quality, but I think we might be trying to be too perfect, which is hindering us. More on this later.

What I meant by this: Our limited audience is because we have a refined set of target users that we're trying to appeal to. This in fact is why we do have such high quality, but I think we might be trying to be too perfect, which is hindering us. More on this later.