I was voted to close one question on the site that related to crossing a chilly river in a survival scenario. If I have to cross an icy, flowing river, what are some ways I can cross safely?

One of the comments asked for a discussion here - so I'll gladly form the start of things.

For discussion - I see three mandatory readings to filter our place in the SE mindset of what makes a great question (and therefore - what questions are not great)

• http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/01/real-questions-have-answers/
• http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/asking-better-questions/
• http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/

I will simply open the discussion to see what people think when considering the river question in light of these three posts on question quality.

I was voted to close one question on the site that related to crossing a chilly river in a survival scenario. If I have to cross an icy, flowing river, what are some ways I can cross safely?

One of the comments asked for a discussion here - so I'll gladly form the start of things.

For discussion - I see three mandatory readings to filter our place in the SE mindset of what makes a great question (and therefore - what questions are not great)

• http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/01/real-questions-have-answers/
• http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/asking-better-questions/
• http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/

I will simply open the discussion to see what people think when considering the river question in light of these three posts on question quality.