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38 questions linked to/from Why do you cast downvotes on answers?
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Encouraging people to explain downvotes
Note: If you're looking for a simple explanation as to why comments aren't required on downvotes, see Why isn't providing feedback mandatory on downvotes, and why are ideas suggesting such ...
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What are "Community Wiki" posts?
Some questions and answers are marked Community Wiki and are owned by a community wiki user:
(In fact, this very question is one of them)
Why have Community Wiki posts?
How do Community Wiki posts ...
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What to do when plagiarism is discovered
How should I act if I discover a user plagiarizing fellow users' posts? What if I find someone plagiarizing external resources without attribution?
See also: Users are calling me a plagiarist. What ...
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The Stack Exchange reputation system: What's working? What's not?
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We need a dedicated plagiarism flag
On Stack Overflow, we've suspected the plagiarism rabbit hole was deep... but we've had some users who are plumbing the depths of that pit and finding out that it's far deeper than anyone realized.
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When should I vote?
I have seen a few questions here on Meta Stack Exchange that cover parts of this, but they are often too local, and none of them seem to cover all the relevant scenarios.
I will break it up ...
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Allow users to leave an anonymous comment when voting
I don't know if people don't explain why they up or down vote because they don't care or because they don't want the person to know they voted on an answer (or question)... But, it might be nice to be ...
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Is it good practice to refrain from downvoting competing answers?
First of all: I'm not asking that downvoting competing answers should be prevented by the system (there are tons of duplicates regarding this), I'm asking whether you should do it or not.
I have this ...
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Down Vote "code only" answers?
I have read this: Why do you cast downvotes on answers? and tried searching for a specific view on this scenario but cannot find. If there is a question covering this already I apologize.
Q: Would ...
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Is the "down-voting most/all answers that aren't yours" pattern considered harmful?
Emphasis: This is not a why downvote, or when is it ok to downvote, or what to do when voted down. This question is about a particular pattern of downvoting.
Recently, one of my answers was downvoted....
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Should you downvote an answer that "works" because it is not strictly "correct"? [duplicate]
A question is raised and two answers are posted:
The first is a solution that adheres to best practice and industry convention
The second uses a kludge to get the right result
How should voters act ...
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Do you engage in or avoid pile-on down-voting? [closed]
When you see a question or answer you might normally down-vote that already has one or more down-votes, do you find yourself more or less likely to down-vote it? In other words, are pre-existing down-...
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What's your up/down vote ratio?
I'm just curious: What's your up/down vote ratio? I'm still new here, but so far my ratio is about 11 to 1 with 209 up-votes and 19 down-votes.
I suspect that members become more bitter with time, ...
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Is "doesn't work for me" a reasonable reason to downvote an answer?
Related:
Why do you cast downvotes on answers?
Is it now discouraged to ask for reasons for downvotes as a comment?
I am new here and trying not to get into trouble in my struggle to reach 15 ...
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When is it appropriate to downvote answers which are correct, but don't address the real problem?
Sometimes, someone will post code asking a question and have other, unrelated errors, and people will answer and address only those errors. These errors are unrelated to the actual question topic.
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Proper reasons to downvote a question?
Coming to the site, it seemed that downvotes are obvious for questions that are wildly off-topic or simply a mess (no effort in writing, badly written, unclear question, pretentious assumptions, clear ...
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When is voting on an answer based on the poster appropriate?
If a question is a simple question, then it can garner downvotes, close votes, and be deleted. Perhaps it enters the new triage queue. I think that is appropriate.
However, in one of the larger posts ...
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How should down voting be used?
What is the intended use of down voting?
Reasons I can understand for down-voting:
If the answer is completely off-topic, not even answering the original question
The answer is offensive
Some other ...
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c# is clearly dominant on SO. Is there a desire, need or whatever to diversify the user base and questions?
(UPDATE: Anybody who thinks this is a rant on C# needs to chill out. I'm not suggesting punishing C# questions. Rather, I am envious of C#'s disproportionate popularity on SO and am asking what, if ...
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What is downvoting really for? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Guide for Upvoting and Downvoting
Why do you cast downvotes on answers?
It seems as though the definition on what should be downvoted changes daily.
I've always kind of ...
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Rules of downvoting an answer [duplicate]
Are there any rules for downvoting an answer?! AFAIK, you can/should downvote
If the answer doesn't solve the OP's problem
If the answer suggests the use of a incorrect method
If the answer is ...
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When and how should I down-vote old posts? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why do you cast downvotes on answers?
I've been on SO for only a few months. I've been doing a lot of browsing, playing catch-up with the huge body of knowledge that's ...
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Is it right to downvote answers to questions which show little to no effort? [duplicate]
Is it justified to downvote a complete answer to a question which does not show much effort on the asker's part toward solving the question? I believe this is a question applicable to most problem-...
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Guide for Upvoting and Downvoting
I've read the FAQs on SO and meta SO, and still am not fully clear on what deserves upvotes and downvotes.
Could someone point to a guide for these things? Here are some examples of questions and ...
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Why do good answers get downvoted? [duplicate]
I've recently noticed this answer got a down-vote. A lot of good answers contain one, or two down-votes.
Now I realize this is how the system works, and that other users are entitled to have their ...
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Why is "Proper reasons to downvote a question?" closed as duplicate? [closed]
The question Proper reasons to downvote a question?
is closed as exact duplicate
of the following question:
Why do you cast downvotes on answers?
Without looking at the answers, the questions are ...
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What do votes mean?
I have read that reputation does not reflect technical skill. What is the purpose/meaning of reputation then? What do you mean when you vote? Isn't there any technical-skill overtone in your votes?...
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How to interpret downvote [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why do you cast downvotes on answers?
Proper reasons to downvote a question?
I recently got a downvote for a question. Now I know this happens constantly, even to people ...
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What are your up/downvote ethics?
I'm upvoting questions if I think they can be useful (maybe I need an answer later on)
also on answers, or things I know they're correct
I don't upvote to answers on the same question when I already ...
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What are the criteria to down-vote an answer? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why do you cast downvotes on answers?
What are the criteria to down-vote an answer?
Should an answer be down-voted only if it is not correct, or there are other criteria too?
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