Asking for links and guides to explanations and tutorials off-site instead of on Codidact
Do we accept requests for off-site resources?
It's my understanding that the primary value of Codidact remains in hosting the knowledge first-party, succinctly summarizing and explaining what's necessary. That doesn't seem to be the case with these type of questions.
A particular post has provoked this question:
What are some introductory texts for learning acoustics modeling using FEM-BEM simulations?
It's a wide and open question, with the potential of link-rot. It's more or less asking us to not create that introductory text ourselves, or citing one, but to instead find it elsewhere.
It's my experience that these questions do not age well in terms of links dying, and more or less being a bit of a frustration to future visitors that expect the explanation and teaching to be on Codidact. Links to further reading material can be useful, but it shouldn't be the primary purpose of a post.
Is the type of question a practical and useful component for Codidact? I believe these types of questions should be closed, but I'd appreciate more light on the issue.
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