In the past few months a number of questions on Contract Bridge have been closed in, to my mind, an overly aggressive manner:
- Bridge-response after intervening bid
- How many spades does my partner have when responding to my opening 1club bid and left overcalls 1 heart
- Grand slam bidding with high card points hand
- Which transfer do you use with both majors - one 5 carder and another 4 carder
While not perfect, I believe all of these questions can be answered within the site guidelines. A few of us have worked diligently over the past two years to try and expand the usefulness of B&CG as a resource for beginning and intermediate bridge players, and having these questions closed so aggressively seriously undermines our efforts.
Can I ask those of you who review the Close queue but are not accomplished bridge players to exercise a bit more caution? Rapidly closing these questions likely drives away new users who would help us to expand this site out of Beta.
Update:
As per discussion below, it has been noted that the sparsity of strong bridge players on the site requires that those with only a casual acquaintance with the game are needed to help maintain the tag.
Perhaps if casual and non-Bridge players could refrain from casting a First vote to Close or Reopen, and attempt to look beyond just the first comment or two before making a decision. Also, please consider choosing the Skip button when you don't feel that a strong case has been made.
Do others feel that this proposal is workable within the guidelines for the site?