I closed nine questions regarding TheDAO hack

Question

As a moderator I don't want to intervene too much but today I had to close eight nine questions regarding TheDAO hack. I don't feel very comfortable with this action and therefore I would like to list these questions here and explain why they where closed and in case of dispute, please leave an answer or comment explaining why you disagree with a certain question being closed.

• Who attacked "the DAO" on 17 June 2016? [closed], not constructive / leads to opinionated answers
• How can we find "the DAO" attacker on 17 June 2016? [closed], not constructive / unclear about the specific scope of the question
• How did they stop "the DAO" attack on 17 June 2016? [duplicate], of TheDAO hack FAQ: How did the attack happen on 17 June 2016?
• Does the recent attack to "the DAO" means end of it? [duplicate], of Is 'the DAO' dissolved?
• In simple terms, how did the DAO get hacked and funds removed from it? [duplicate], of TheDAO hack FAQ: How did the attack happen on 17 June 2016?
• Writing secure Smart Contracts in Solidity? [closed], too broad / not a good style to ask for resources or lists of things reopened.
• How was the recursion created that lead to theDAO hack? [duplicate], of What is a recursive calling vulnerability?
• https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/6222/87 [closed], not constructive / leads to opinionated answers. was also tempted to delete it because it lists names and asked for their opinion.
• Is the 17 June 2016 operation legaly illigitimate? [closed], primarily opinion-based / unclear what's being asked.

You can also leave a comment if you agree :-)

Answer 1

I usually also close a number of duplicates, but some of these are distinct and should be reopened imo.

Writing secure Smart Contracts in Solidity? is a community wiki and I think it should be allowed and would be very helpful for the community; not all list/resource type of questions are bad.

How was the recursion created that lead to theDAO hack? is specifically about TheDAO. There's a difference between "what is X", and "where is X in this program" or "how did X work in this program".

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These ones can be discussed more and it may have been better for them to get more community votes about whether they should be closed.

Who attacked "the DAO" on 17 June 2016? could be made a community wiki. It is objective and fact based.

https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/6222/87 is simply asking for "quotes" of team members. It's not discussing the quotes.

Answer 2

"leads to an opinionate outcome" should not be a waiver for closing everything. It means two things: (1) there is no final objective outcome and answers could be only subjective, (2) there is a final outcome but the community is strongly opinionated and passionated about it, so I don't want to have the hassle as a moderator and OMG politics. Clearly only (1) is acceptable. so if this is your concern with question one, clearly it doesn't compute. Ok it's my question, but you get the point. Thanks.