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Pearsonartphoto

03:18

I hope I'm not being too much of a burden on this site...

Anna Lear

03:57

@Pearsonartphoto What do you mean?

Pearsonartphoto

04:43

I just feel like I'm being too negative, that's all.

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hippietrail

06:35

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Anna Lear

14:47

@Pearsonartphoto Nah, it's all good. Someone's gotta point out problems. :)

Pearsonartphoto

15:05

I just wish I had more solutions to go with the problems.

I think I'm about to do something that might shock many meta frequenters. Actually suggest that recommendations might be a good thing.

A: Proposal: make book recommendations off-topic

After thinking about this for a while, and reading the responses to my recent question, I am thinking that recommendations might work, but following very strict guidelines. The questions must be very specific. Not "What's a good book for a person who likes Harry Potter", but maybe, "What's a go...

I really need to find a way to get 4 more reputation points so that I can downvote questions/ answers...

It's too bad meta votes don't count towards reputation. I'd be doing quite well if that were the case...

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Pearsonartphoto

18:34

Posted as an answer the "Don't allow it at all" answer too, to help flush it out a bit more.

Pearsonartphoto

19:04

Let's try to agree on a framework right now, either allow recommendations, don't allow them, or allow them with strict guidelines. If the latter is chosen, we'll debate the exact guidelines in another question.

Q: If we allow recommendations, what rules should we place on them?

There is considerable debate in my answer as to what rules should be in place if we allow recommendation questions to take place. This question is to debate what the rules should be, in such an environment that it won't confuse the issue as to if we even want to allow recommendations at all. Not...