[openstack-community] closing a question

Stefano Maffulli stefano at openstack.org
Mon Jul 8 22:38:27 UTC 2013


On 07/09/2013 12:21 AM, Qing He wrote:
> I’m wondering what is the process or criteria for someone other than
>  the one who asked the question to close a question?

Hi there,

questions can be closed by forum moderators for different reasons.

If you're referring to
https://ask.openstack.org/question/2754/feature-comparison-with-the-cloud-solution-by-hp-ibm-and-dell/,
I closed the question because I believe it's a base for a subjective
discussion, not a question in the sense that Ask is built for.

Quoting from the help and faq pages:

> https://ask.openstack.org/faq/
> 
> Ask OpenStack is a question and answer site for OpenStack users and 
> developers. It's built and run by you. With your help, we're working
>  together to build a library of detailed answers to every question 
> about OpenStack.
> 
> https://ask.openstack.org/help/
> 
> This site is for asking and answering questions, not for open-ended 
> discussions. We encourage everyone to use “question” space for asking
> and “answer” for answering.
> 
> Despite that, each question and answer can be commented – the 
> comments are good for the limited discussions.

A better place to have that discussion is on the General mailing list.
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Cheers,
stef

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