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Duplicate of Should "questions" be questions?
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Feb 23, 2014 at 21:44
Oct 1, 2013 at 21:24 answer added BartoszKP timeline score: 1
Mar 1, 2013 at 14:38 vote accept lc.
Mar 1, 2013 at 12:51 comment added Wouter J You shouldn't solve this problem by requiring things that doesn't need to be required. the current system works already quite good: A newby asked a question which is not a question, some advanced users read the question and mark it as 'not a real question', other advanced users see them in their mod tools and the question get closed. The newby knows what to ask and what not and the question is removed.
Mar 1, 2013 at 12:48 comment added lc. @MartijnPieters True and that is a good point. I suppose I'm just looking for a way to automate some of the process of teaching new users. Again, perhaps if it didn't say "1 question mark to go..." at the bottom, people might stop and think. Although maybe not.
Mar 1, 2013 at 12:45 comment added Martijn Pieters @lc.: That is awfully optimistic of you. I've seen too many posts with "I need to add text to pass the quality filter. I need to add text to pass the quality filter. I need to add text to pass the quality filter." ad infinitum added to trust that people will stop and think about a simple question mark.
Mar 1, 2013 at 12:44 comment added AakashM This is well intentioned but will not solve the actual problem: users who want to do the right thing will do it anyway, but users who don't care won't read any amount of guidance and will just add question marks to 'make it work'
Mar 1, 2013 at 12:44 answer added ThiefMasterMod timeline score: 6
Mar 1, 2013 at 12:42 comment added lc. @Juhana While inclined to agree, I think that depends on the error that comes up. If it says "We couldn't find a ? in your text" yes definitely. But if the error (and thus the site) sounds more intelligent, people might just stop for a second to think.
Mar 1, 2013 at 12:40 comment added JJJ Unfortunately in reality people would just add a single question mark to the question without changing anything else.
Mar 1, 2013 at 12:40 history edited lc. CC BY-SA 3.0
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Mar 1, 2013 at 12:38 comment added lc. @baldric I agree it is fair to ask a question without a question mark, but what is the ratio of new users who know how to do this properly? Furthermore, as I said in the question, explicitly adding the question mark does not detract anything except changing some of the wording (i.e. "can someone tell me what this means?", "Can someone explain it to me?", or "What does ... mean?" for your examples). This restriction could be lifted upon reaching X reputation which by then you should have learned this is a Q&A site.
Mar 1, 2013 at 12:35 history edited lc. CC BY-SA 3.0
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Mar 1, 2013 at 12:25 comment added Kevin Versfeld I would also love to see this problem resolved, but I think its very fair to ask a question without a question mark. "I have tried X, but got this error Y, I'm hoping someone can tell me what this means" or the simple (and important) questions like "I don't understand "yield": I understand that it...., but not how it helps with.... I'm hoping someone can explain it to me"
Mar 1, 2013 at 12:17 history asked lc. CC BY-SA 3.0