Meta is quite hot today :)

edit wars do that.

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

:D

this is interesting:

8 downvotes, and five community close votes

I can understand the translation part

but I see no reason for the down-votes or closevotes

and I also understand that many may not have realized that the sources were already provided

yeah, i'm surprised it got that many downvotes so quickly.

(not that it's a good question by any means)

i don't think there's any doubt that the community ain't like that question none at all. :)

no of course it isn't a good question, the questionnaire is assuming the hadith is authentic hence he is asking for it's meaning, but if a hadith is not authentic all the answer would be is "The hadith is not authentic", and hence any explanation given after that is pointless and useless

@goldPseudo no there is no doubt :) but I have never heard of a closing reason being there was no translation, or because some did not realize there was in fact the sources given

or even because a "sect" was not specified

all in my opinion are poor reasons except for maybe the translation one

well, the downvotes are justified if only because it's not particularly clear and shows zero research effort.

oh yes, i agree with the downvotes, i also agree with it's closure, just not with the reasons provided

the translation issue is tricky. on the one hand, you could argue that anyone who is qualified to actually answer this question can read a hadith in Arabic.

on the other hand, we are an English site for an English audience.

i don't think sect specification is really an issue. even if the quoted resources are Shi'a books (which I'm pretty sure they are), it doesn't really matter as long as the hadith is assumed authentic.

the same hadith, or a variation, could well be present in Sunni books for all I know.

I aint got no upvotes either

I'm guessing that question made a record on this site

@goldPseudo only one of the references provided in the questions is Shi'a I think, the other is a so called "Sunni" reference and the exact hadith can be found in a number of references that is I am not talking about variations

@BleedingFingers :)

@BleedingFingers we've got a -9 score (+2/-11) on the site somewhere.

Although the maximum I have seen is approx -90 on Meta Stack Exchange

poor question couldn't set the record

still surprising to see it, considering how disinclined the community is to downvoting in general.

it's pretty amazing when you see how swiftly the negative vote come in on poor question on SO.

the counters keeps changing relentlessly

That's the minimum score I've seen on this site yet.

but no doubt it's a good and healthy sign

i think that's the third question i've seen closed entirely by votes in the last couple of days.

with zero moderator intervention.

a good and healthy sign indeed.