Timeline for Canonical answers to opinion based questions!

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Mar 7, 2014 at 6:54	comment	added	Anthon		I think I understand what you mean and what you are trying to do. It is just my understanding that Unix & Linux is not the right place for the questions, and therefore not for the answers. ( this is a copy of the no longer editable, and now deleted comment), that missed a crucial not).
Mar 6, 2014 at 14:54	comment	added	goldilocks		I agree, BTW, that closed question should have more restrictions, e.g., no more voting. Stopping edits I think may cause more problems than it solves. Clearly I abused that potential in this case (and I offer all this as an excuse), but remember: closed Q&As are not deleted Q&As and should be correctable (via edits) if necessary. I'm now thinking it might be useful to write a self-answered question addressing the topic, have it closed, then in the future use it as a duplicate. Or just have a question, "Why is such and such opinion based?"
Mar 6, 2014 at 14:38	comment	added	goldilocks		My specific point is that this is because those differences are actually superficial, making it difficult to claim any one it really better than another for a given purpose.
Mar 6, 2014 at 14:38	comment	added	goldilocks		I think what the grey area I'm trying to elaborate is providing people with more of an explanation as to why a particular kind of opinion based question (this one falls into an obvious category vis. "What distro?") is opinion based. Most people are generally ok and get the point, but some people seem legitimately unable to understand how asking about distros is opinion-based when they are also sold the idea that there are substantial objective differences between them.
Mar 6, 2014 at 8:39	history	edited	Anthon	CC BY-SA 3.0	added 402 characters in body
Mar 6, 2014 at 8:32	history	answered	Anthon	CC BY-SA 3.0