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All new questions are subjected to a "minimum quality" filter that checks for characteristics of extremely poor questions. Your question has been caught by the filter.

What can I do to get the system to accept my question?

Make sure your question has

• a clear title
• a reasonable explanation of what your question is, sharing your research on the matter
• correct use of English and actual sentences
• proper spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation

If your question is so brief that it could be looked up in a dictionary or reference book/site trivially, it might not be a good fit on our network.

Can you be more specific?

Exact details about the algorithm are not being released by the team.

I am against being explicit here.... Our check takes into account tags, title and body. We are not going to give breakdown of what was wrong, that is spoon feeding. (source: waffles)

If we provide a "formula" then it's just another way for users to bypass the question quality filters. (source: Jeff)

What are good resources on how to ask high-quality questions?

Fortunately, there are lots! See:

• The "How to Ask" page (the link is basically the same page on every site)

• How to ask a smart question

• faq How do I write a good title?

• What’s the best way to ask a question if English isn't your first language?

• Jon Skeet's Writing the perfect question (will take a few minutes to read)

• Eric Raymond's How To Ask Questions The Smart Way, (this gets cited a lot but it's fairly long)

Why am I getting this message?

All new questions are subjected to a "minimum quality" filter that checks for characteristics of extremely poor questions. Your question has been caught by the filter.

What can I do to get the system to accept my question?

First, make sure your question is on-topic on the site you're asking it. You can check the site's policy by going to the Help Center, and, under the header 'Asking', going to 'What topics can I ask about here?'.

Make sure your question has

• a clear title
• a reasonable explanation of what your question is, sharing your research on the matter
• commentary on what you have tried to solve your problem
• correct use of English and actual sentences
• proper spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation

If your question is so brief that it could be looked up in a dictionary or reference book/site trivially, it might not be a good fit on our network.

Can you be more specific?

Exact details about the algorithm are not being released by the team.

I am against being explicit here.... Our check takes into account tags, title and body. We are not going to give breakdown of what was wrong, that is spoon feeding. (source: waffles)

If we provide a "formula" then it's just another way for users to bypass the question quality filters. (source: Jeff)

What are good resources on how to ask high-quality questions?

Fortunately, there are lots! See:

• The "How to Ask" page (the link is basically the same page on every site)

• How to ask a smart question

• faq How do I write a good title?

• What’s the best way to ask a question if English isn't your first language?

• Jon Skeet's Writing the perfect question (will take a few minutes to read)

• Eric Raymond's How To Ask Questions The Smart Way, (this gets cited a lot but it's fairly long)

Why am I getting this message?

All new questions are subjected to a "minimum quality" filter that checks for characteristics of extremely poor questions. Your question has been caught by the filter.

What can I do to get the system to accept my question?

Make sure your question has

• a clear title
• a reasonable explanation of what your question is, sharing your research on the matter
• correct use of English and actual sentences
• proper spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation

If your question is so brief that it could be looked up in a dictionary or reference book/site trivially, it might not be a good fit on our network.

Can you be more specific?

Exact details about the algorithm are not being released by the team.

I am against being explicit here.... Our check takes into account tags, title and body. We are not going to give breakdown of what was wrong, that is spoon feeding. (source: waffles)

 

If we provide a "formula" then it's just another way for users to bypass the question quality filters. (source: Jeff)

What are good resources on how to ask high-quality questions?

Fortunately, there are lots! See:

• The "How to Ask" page (the link is basically the same page on every site)

• How to ask a smart question

• faq How do I write a good title?

• What’s the best way to ask a question if English isn't your first language?

• Jon Skeet's Writing the perfect question (will take a few minutes to read)

• Eric Raymond's How To Ask Questions The Smart Way, (this gets cited a lot but it's fairly long)

Why am I getting this message?

All new questions are subjected to a "minimum quality" filter that checks for characteristics of extremely poor questions. Your question has been caught by the filter.

What can I do to get the system to accept my question?

Make sure your question has

• a clear title
• a reasonable explanation of what your question is, sharing your research on the matter
• correct use of English and actual sentences
• proper spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation

If your question is so brief that it could be looked up in a dictionary or reference book/site trivially, it might not be a good fit on our network.

Can you be more specific?

Exact details about the algorithm are not being released by the team.

I am against being explicit here.... Our check takes into account tags, title and body. We are not going to give breakdown of what was wrong, that is spoon feeding. (source: waffles)

If we provide a "formula" then it's just another way for users to bypass the question quality filters. (source: Jeff)

What are good resources on how to ask high-quality questions?

Fortunately, there are lots! See:

• The "How to Ask" page (the link is basically the same page on every site)

• How to ask a smart question

• faq How do I write a good title?

• What’s the best way to ask a question if English isn't your first language?

• Jon Skeet's Writing the perfect question (will take a few minutes to read)

• Eric Raymond's How To Ask Questions The Smart Way, (this gets cited a lot but it's fairly long)

Why am I getting this message?

All new questions are subjected to a "minimum quality" filter that checks for characteristics of extremely poor questions. Your question has been caught by the filter.

What can I do to get the system to accept my question?

Make sure your question has

• a clear title
• a reasonable explanation of what your question is, sharing your research on the matter
• correct use of English and actual sentences
• proper spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation

If your question is so brief that it could be looked up in a dictionary or reference book/site trivially, it might not be a good fit on our network.

Can you be more specific?

Exact details about the algorithm are not being released by the team.

I am against being explicit here.... Our check takes into account tags, title and body. We are not going to give breakdown of what was wrong, that is spoon feeding. (source: waffles)

If we provide a "formula" then it's just another way for users to bypass the question quality filters. (source: Jeff)

What are good resources on how to ask high-quality questions?

Fortunately, there are lots! See:

• The "how to ask" page (link is for Meta SO, but it's basically the same page on every site)

• How to ask a smart question

• faq How do I write a good title?

• What’s the best way to ask a question if English isn't your first language?

• Jon Skeet's Writing the perfect question (will take a few minutes to read)

• Eric Raymond's How To Ask Questions The Smart Way, (this gets cited a lot but it's fairly long)

Why am I getting this message?

All new questions are subjected to a "minimum quality" filter that checks for characteristics of extremely poor questions. Your question has been caught by the filter.

What can I do to get the system to accept my question?

Make sure your question has

• a clear title
• a reasonable explanation of what your question is, sharing your research on the matter
• correct use of English and actual sentences
• proper spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation

If your question is so brief that it could be looked up in a dictionary or reference book/site trivially, it might not be a good fit on our network.

Can you be more specific?

Exact details about the algorithm are not being released by the team.

I am against being explicit here.... Our check takes into account tags, title and body. We are not going to give breakdown of what was wrong, that is spoon feeding. (source: waffles)

If we provide a "formula" then it's just another way for users to bypass the question quality filters. (source: Jeff)

What are good resources on how to ask high-quality questions?

Fortunately, there are lots! See:

• The "How to Ask" page (the link is basically the same page on every site)

• How to ask a smart question

• faq How do I write a good title?

• What’s the best way to ask a question if English isn't your first language?

• Jon Skeet's Writing the perfect question (will take a few minutes to read)

• Eric Raymond's How To Ask Questions The Smart Way, (this gets cited a lot but it's fairly long)