<p>Following on from the recent question about upvoting (or the lack of it), here is a specific example where I'm not sure what we 'should' be doing with regards to upvoting. I provided a short answer to <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/38523/what-is-the-correct-sequence-of-subjects-and-sources-need-to-be-mastered-to-be-a">this question</a>, but didn't upvote because it isn't a great question for the reasons Cardinal points out in a comment. None the less I hoped my quick answer might be useful.</p>

<p>To me, upvoting a question says 'this is a good question worth reading' which I don't think is true in this case. However I've taken the time (admittedly a very short time) to provide an answer. Is that inconsistent? By providing an answer am I encouraging poor questions? In my view this isn't worthy of a downvote, just not an upvote. Thoughts?</p>
