Comments on some of the resource questions in JL&U

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Main discussion: http://meta.japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/726

http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/2274/great-websites-for-beginner-reading

• agrimm: - nice question, but bit of a popularity contest
• jkerian: Not answerable. This question should not be allowed as it is purely "What's your favorite website?"

http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/9/is-there-an-easily-accessible-list-of-terms-in-the-japanese-grammar-written-both

• agrimm: bit too specific
• jkerian: I honestly don't see how asking for linguistics terms on on a site at least partly about linguistics can be 'too specific'

http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/303/is-the-japanese-language-proficiency-test-jlpt-a-good-measure-of-my-japanese-l

• agrimm: too subjective IMO
• jkerian: This would be an interesting discussion, with lots of back&forth... somewhere that isn't a in a Q&A format

http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/1/what-are-good-sources-for-streaming-japanese-language-television

• agrimm: copyright issues
• jkerian: I honestly don't mind this question, even though it's not really language-related. Could go either way here

http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/871/is-there-an-objective-source-of-the-origins-of-kanji

• agrimm: not really about resources
• jkerian: This one is sorta funny. I'd tend to let it pass just based on specificality and difficulty, but could understand a difference of opinion here.

http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/3738/what-japanese-lullabys-are-available-to-provide-early-japanese-exposure-to-child

• agrimm: I didn't like this question. Not too much of a Japanese component to it.
• jkerian: The connection to language (or even language learning) is a bit tenuous here

http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/1829/redistributable-anthology-of-haiku-or-tanka-in-electronic-form

• agrimm: interesting, but mainly a "don't do it" answer.
• jkerian: seems like a resource question we could deal with, although it's certainly not my favorite question

http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/8/whats-the-best-utility-for-identifying-kanji

• agrimm: pretty good, already included in the list
• jkerian: a clear "What's your favorite utility for identifying kanji?"

http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/2523/i-adjective-specific-intensifiers-qualifiers-e-g-物凄い-ものすごい

• agrimm: - not sure whether it's a purely resource question
• jkerian: Doesn't seem very resource-related, tbh. An ideal answer to the question wouldn't point to a resource, but would instead answer the question here

http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/1075/what-are-the-japanese-terms-for-character-dictionary-漢辞海-漢字典

• agrimm: dictionary question
• jkerian: This isn't really even a dictionary question. It's a pure vocabulary question. (What is an X called?)

http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/3494/is-there-a-list-of-popular-surnames-organised-by-region-prefecture -

• agrimm: somewhat specialized
• jkerian: I'm stunned that this exists, first of all. I'd tend to think of this as offtopic unless someone can tell me why this helps understand the language... but it's a grey area

http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/1114/sites-ways-helpful-for-learning-internet-slang-lingo -

• agrimm: too open ended
• jkerian: "What's your favorite way to learn vocabulary?"

http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/3227/looking-for-japanese-common-speech-phrases-list -

• agrimm: slightly open ended
• jkerian: This question could be more specific, in which case it would be much better.

http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/3116/appropiate-anime-or-media-to-learn-japanese -

• agrimm: not bad, but slightly open ended
• jkerian: I disagree entirely... awful question... pure "What's your favorite anime to learn japanese from?"

http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/3015/free-online-resource-for-kanbun-readings-of-particular-texts -

• agrimm: asking for a specific resource
• jkerian: This is actually the kind of resource question I don't want to lose