re: Deleting Irrelevant Questions by Boardgamegeek

July 25, 2006 02:04 PM

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dear internet,

If you have been voting on questions located at this site then you know that some questions are very date specific. For example, "What should I cook for dinner tonight?" or a question that I posted earlier, "What should I wear to the wedding I am attending today?" Well, the time has come and gone, the votes were cast, what happened happened, but the question still remains on this site for people to vote on and read even though its relevance is now insignificant.

So my question: Would it be proper etiquette to delete your question once it's time of relevance has past?

results 117 votes

Yes, It would be nice for people to delete their questions once its time has past (64 votes)
 55%
No, You should leave the question up even if it is no longer relevant (16 votes)
 14%
It really doesn't matter one way or the other (37 votes)
 32%
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comments

  • mgaiman says:

    we're actually going to be rolling out the ability to set 'voting periods' in the next few days. This will allow authors to specify that their questions are time sensitive and to close voting after that time, but will still allow others to view the results.

    Jul 25, 2006 02:26 PM
  • selcaby says:

    I was just about to suggest something similar.

    Jul 25, 2006 04:51 PM
  • dunc says:

    Me too!

    Jul 25, 2006 07:16 PM
  • falseaidoru says:

    Actually I like the randomness of having the questions remain. It gives me more to answer and makes me think "Hmm, maybe I will have pizza tonight."

    Jul 25, 2006 11:01 PM
  • taragl says:

    If a community of users were to gel around the site, then leaving the past questions (even the time-sensitive ones) gives the community a history.

    Jul 28, 2006 02:37 PM
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