Timeline for Should questions about audio equipment not used to create music be on topic?
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| Jul 16, 2014 at 4:04 | comment | added | B. Szonye | The problem is that the linked question doesn't lead to something that can be used to create music. An entry-level turntable is not a musical instrument. If the linked question were even remotely about live performance or composition or DJing or something on-topic I could see making an argument in support of it. But I don't think this argument is a reasonable response to a question about consumer stereo equipment. | |
| Jul 8, 2014 at 23:33 | comment | added | TaylorSwiftFan5932 | @Dom You keep talking about things I'm not talking about. It's funny that you guys are trying to define the scope of this site, but you can't even identify the scope of one simple argument. I give up. | |
| Jul 8, 2014 at 23:29 | comment | added | Dom Mod | @JCPedroza The question is about listening to a record and what is need to do it based on the content. That is as on topic as asking about listening to a cd and what is need to do it. The content tells what the question is about. Just because some DJs use it to preform does not mean this question is relevant at all. | |
| Jul 8, 2014 at 23:24 | comment | added | TaylorSwiftFan5932 | @Dom And there is nothing in my answer suggesting otherwise. My example is about independence between scope and intentions, not about scope definition. Not sure what you and slim smoked ;) Please read the very first line, the one just before the example. Your example is not better because it has absolutely nothing to do with what I'm saying (and neither the "pipes" example of slim). Using it on this context doesn't even make sense. You guys are lost. | |
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| Jul 8, 2014 at 23:06 | comment | added | Dom Mod | @JCPedroza A better example is a computer. A computer can be used to make music, but just because a computer can make music does not mean all questions about a computer are on topic here. The item itself should not deiced if something is on or off topic, but the question itself. | |
| Jul 8, 2014 at 15:53 | comment | added | TaylorSwiftFan5932 | @Slim The example was to illustrate that intentions can be unimportant, and we should be able to see through them. Regarding scope, I don't think pipes are really comparable to vinyl turntables, as the later are already widely considered an instrument and are very commonly used to create, produce, perform, and practice music every day. I'm not saying that everything is on-topic (which I clarified several times on this thread already), I'm saying that we share scope with other activities, and that's not a bad thing. | |
| Jul 8, 2014 at 10:00 | comment | added | slim | Imagine someone comes and asks about drainage pipes. Someone votes to close, but someone else objects: "drainage pipes can be used as a percussion instrument". I think that's closer to the situation here. You could answer with info about using a drainpipe as a percussion instrument -- but it's not answering the question asked, and the question asked is not on topic. | |
| Jul 6, 2014 at 22:32 | history | edited | TaylorSwiftFan5932 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 6, 2014 at 22:26 | history | answered | TaylorSwiftFan5932 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |