I mostly - mostly - only vote delete for nodes that are simply trollish or are requested by the author to be deleted (oh yeah - duplicates too) . Recently, there was a considered node (which i can't seem to find) that was about removing duplicate records in a database table. The solution was purely SQL, and even though you could stretch a Perl solution out of it, i voted keep. Why? Because it was a well asked question, and more importantly (IMHO), there were well written answers.

As for lazy questions - i don't mind seeing them deleted if no-one has any good answers for them. My boundary depends upon the answers to a particular post, which is why i wait before considering or voting on a border-line post.

UPDATE:
Good point giulienk, and please don't think that i disagree with your choice - this question is tough to answer. Unfortunately i think that these people don't need to be encouraged - they appear to post away regardless of whether they know their questions are off-topic or not. Maybe we should address even answering them at all, not just deleting them.

jeffa

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(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

In reply to (jeffa) Re: Where is the boundary between 'in bounds' and 'out of bounds'? by jeffa
in thread Where is the boundary between 'in bounds' and 'out of bounds'? by dws

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