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This will be community dependent - e.g., Software Development, Outdoors, Cooking, etc. might each have a different rule. IMHO, there are two issues here: How helpful is such information, compared ...
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#1: Initial revision
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manassehkatz
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2020-10-25T15:21:27Z (over 3 years ago)
This will be community dependent - e.g., Software Development, Outdoors, Cooking, etc. might each have a different rule. IMHO, there are two issues here: * How helpful is such information, compared to just telling people "Google it yourself" - i.e., is a *curated* reference list "useful"? * Is such information considered "long term" enough? One of the concerns SomeplaceElse, which may be relevant here as well, is that external references may change *or disappear* while the Q&A will last "forever". That being said, IMHO external reference Q&A are *generally* fine, provided those references are themselves well sourced. While not as applicable to Software Development, there has even been some discussion for other communities of questions that are specifically to gather together reputable external sources for a specific topic.