How deal with bad questions
Tags we currently have to deal with this: - not-a-question - not-unity-related - off-topic - lost-in-translation - not-answers-material - not-enough-information - spam - write-my-code - fix-my-script - syntax-error - flagged-for-delete - flagged-for-close - duplicated-question Awful lot, don't you agree? (please comment if I missed any) Can we reduce them? How do we use them? - I think 'not-a-question', 'not-unity-related' and 'off-topic' should be merged into 'not-answers-material' (it's a neutral, catch-all term).I'm a bit torn about what to do with lost-in-translation. for the occasional question in portogese or swedish or the request for dutch tutorials... Is UnityAnswers an 'english only' platform per definition so we can catch those with 'not-answers-material' as well? Or does it have to stay? - 'not-enough-information' Note: this should only be applied if OP has abandoned the question (not active for >7 days) - I think 'spam' should not be a tag. Report it and tag it 'flagged-for-delete' - As annoying as 'write-my-code'-questions are, they sometimes get really cool answers.
Don't let these efforts go to waste by tagging the question with a shun-tag.
If the question is old and has no answer, then it's a case for 'flagged-for-delete' else tag it according to answer - 'fix-my-script'... either apply the same rules as 'write-my-code' or it's a 'syntax-error' - when it's a syntax-error also add the appropriate error-code as tag (if OP posted it)
When to apply a 'shun'-tag?
If lastActivity > 1 month and no good answer, the above tags REPLACE all other taggs. We want useless questions to show up on the search as little as possible, so we should not leave any content-related tags. Double-post, no answers: replace all tags wit 'duplicated-question' and 'flagged-for-delete', close or delete, if you can.
Double-post, good answer: add 'duplicated-question' and 'flagged-for-close' or close if you can
asked-a-million-times, new and/or answer: add 'duplicated-question' and 'flagged-for-close' or close if you can; add link
asked-a-million-times, old, no-answer: replace all tags with 'flagged-for-delete' Greetz, Ky.
