Questions tagged [asking-questions]
This tag is for questions specifically about the process of asking questions on a Stack Exchange site.
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Display bug in “Similar questions” dropdown when Asking a question (Firefox) [duplicate]
Text gets overlaid on top of itself and unreadable when scrolling the "Similar questions" dropdown when Asking a question.
Steps to reproduce:
Start typing the question title. "Similar questions" ...
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Why prefer to restrict questions instead of restricting answers?
I read a lot more SE sites than I'm a contributor to, but something I've slowly noticed is that there is a tendency to prefer making rules about questions rather than making rules about answers, even ...
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Is prior research a must in all network sites?
I use many SE sites and it is unclear to me if if prior research is a must in all network sites.
I believe prior research is generally needed as it can help users learn new things and also ensures ...
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Can a meta site be used to formulate a question? If so, how do I do it? [duplicate]
According to a comment on the question Is the education system in Finland particularly good?, it's okay to formulate a question on a Meta site. I asked the question Should there be a question on ...
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What makes a “Top Network Asker”? [duplicate]
On Stackexchange.com, in the side bar is a list of the "Top Network Askers", having just found this I thought it would be showing off the most prolific and highest rep earning users ever to ask ...
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How to refine / improve a posed question? [closed]
Suppose I asked a question in an area where I am no expert. Then the question is getting answers that point out that the question is ambiguous or has not enough information for a meaningful answer. ...
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When can someone show gratitude on this site for things a person has done (not necessarily on this site)?
I have read this question. It doesn't seem like a question to me; it looks more like a comment one can put below questions and answers.
I thought one should avoid comments (assuming this question is ...
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How to ask a good question if you don't know the subject very well?
How can one ask a good question in a subject he doesn't know much about?
For example, I'm a developer. Even though I may not know Java, I know how to ask a good question about Java because it's my ...
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Where can I ask questions about math in MATLAB?
Currently, I'm looking for some sites or forums that suitable to asking about math problems like differential equations, numerical methods in MATLAB.
I've tried the MATLAB Community to ask about it, ...
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Stack Overflow duplicated layer bug
Originally posted on Stack Overflow:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59320473/stackoverflow-duplicated-layer-bug
Requirements to reproduce:
Windows 7 x64
Firefox 71.0 x64
Steps to reproduce:
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User managed to post a question twice within the same second of each other
Somehow a user managed to accidentally post a question twice:
I may be missing something, but this shouldn't be able to happen, should it? They should be subjected to a 45 minute cooldown between ...
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How can a student ask better questions on Stack Exchange sites? [duplicate]
I usually ask learning-related questions on Stack Exchange sites and unintentionally get myself voted down with bad questions.
When checking my questions like a year or so later, I see that the ...
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Are questions that talk about “today”, “recently”, etc. considered harmful?
Across many SE, but especially 'current events' sorts of SE like Politics, I find myself seeing questions that start with "Today..." or "Recently..." or "This morning..." or whatnot, and it always ...
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Where can I ask about consumption of iron?
I'm wondering where to ask about the consumption of iron and Daily Value.
My question:
If 150% RDV (Recommend Daily Value) of iron is consumed in a day, from foods, is that bad?
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Am I using SE for the wrong purpose? [closed]
This is how I tend to use SE sites:
I work.
I run into a problem I cannot solve myself (at least not easily, without devoting very substantial time or effort I cannot now devote). For example:
I ...
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First view when posting a question [duplicate]
I noticed that when I post a question, there's always at least one view
Asked today Viewed 1 times
Is the 1st view always the OP?
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Answer Without Qualification [closed]
I've read the FAQs on both sites and I'm still not sure where to ask this, so I'll start here. The amount of information regarding both sites is overwhelming for sure.
Anyway, I'd like to ask a ...
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Proving that questions are based on actual problems
The Help Center of many SE sites (example) states that you should only ask questions "based on actual problems that you face".
Are askers required to prove that their question is based on actual ...
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Drafting a question on new SE site, then linking accounts, does not recover the full draft
I was composing a question on DBA without realising that as a new user there I would need to link my network account.
The post editor automatically saves post drafts, but when I linked my account to ...
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How can I successfully ask a question in Stack Exchange? [duplicate]
It's weird; I have asked a few questions on this website, but when I login, they're all gone. What's wrong? What should I do to post successfully? Any guidance?
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Tooltip on the Similar questions suggestion box in the ask question page
In the Ask Question page, when hover on the answer box for the post in the Similar questions suggestion box, the tooltip is not understandable.
For example: When hover on the answer count it is ...
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Is it acceptable to ask questions that have content from multiple subjects?
I want to ask a question on the 'Mythology and Folklore' site, pertaining to world ending entities in mythology.
In the description I am including the inspiration for the question, which is the lore ...
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How can one avoid the 40 min compulsory break in between two questions? [duplicate]
If someone has an account on Stack Overflow and also on Mathematics Stack Exchange and Physics Stack Exchange and if that person asks a question on Stack Overflow at 11am, they will have to wait until ...
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Asking a question that *must* have been asked before but I can't find
I have a question I'd like to pose on the Stack Overflow site, but I'm sure it's been asked before - I've not seen it before, but it's so fundamentally useful to the specific thing I'm doing (that ...
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Is there an SE site where asking about the format of a 2D barcode is on topic?
I have a 2D barcode that I don't recognize the format of. Is there a site on the Stack Exchange network where that question would be suitable? If so, which one?
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How was this new user able to post two questions less than 40 minutes apart?
New users who have less than 125 reputation are subject to a 40-minute time limit between asking questions, network-wide.
Today, however, this 1-rep user was able to post two questions within 8 ...
asked Aug 13 '19 at 13:26
Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog
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Ask question interstitial on Meta Stack Exchange links to incorrect website
If you go to the ask question interstitial page shown to new users on this site:
https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/ask/advice?
And click on the hyperlink that the arrow points to, it will go ...
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Keep Ask Question button to the right on smaller screens [duplicate]
On smaller screens, the 'Ask Question' button is now sandwiched between the question title and the statistics. This is rather illogical, as it will move you away from the question page. Can we move it ...
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Better advertising for the chat rooms
There are about three or four people regularly in the ASP.NET MVC chat room every weekday but few others seem to even know it exists. Can Stack Overflow advertise the chat rooms on specific tags?
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MathJax in the list of similar questions (when asking questions)
As I learned from some more experienced users, there is A-B testing with different display of similar questions (which used to be called "Questions that may already have your answer"). This was ...
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New “Similar questions” widget is not responsive enough
When I ask a question in a small browser window, the question titles aren't visible, so I can't really determine if my question has already been asked before:
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I can't ask a question on Stack Overflow
I feel very stressful when I enter Stack Overflow because it is not useful for me. When I submit my question, it gives me this:
If you need to do something that Markdown can't handle, use HTML. Note ...
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Cannot ask question because tag not working? [duplicate]
At this question just click tag blank or type something show option
But at Stack Overflow nothing appear, so I can't click Next.
What should I do?
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Customize the How To Ask page
While the extant How-To-Ask page is useful, in that it provides good guidelines in general for asking questions on the network, I believe that it can be improved by allowing community (or, more likely ...
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Why is “Post Your Question” button in Ask Question grayed out? [closed]
Why when I try to ask a question on Stack Overflow, the "Post Your Question" button is grayed out?
But when I go to DBA Stack Exchange, or here (Meta Stack Exchange), the button is not grayed out?
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How does this question not meet your quality standards? [closed]
given an array of objects that have an attribute count and an index n, how can objects after n be removed if their count is 0?
Please explain what is lacking in this question?
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Fast scrolling speed when selecting part of question
Sometimes, when I am asking a question on Stack Overflow/Stack Exchange, I want to select part of my question or code I am writing in the 'Body' block, the frame where you type your question.
But the ...
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Preview question is not working via the Stack Exchange Android app [closed]
When I tried to add a question on Android Enthusiasts via the Stack Exchange Android app, I clicked on the preview button to get the preview of question, but it showed nothing.
Android version: 5.0.2
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Cannot add tags via the Stack Exchange Android app [closed]
When I try to add a question on the "Android Enthusiasts" site via the Stack Exchange Android app, it doesn't allow me to add any tags. There is a text field within which to add tags on the "Ask ...
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What are the benefits of chatrooms for asking questions?
What are the benefits of using a chatroom instead of asking a question directly on a Stack Exchange site?
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Ask question - Tags - partial placeholder text truncated
On the Ask a question page, in the Tags textbox, the placeholder width is set to 19px, so a part of the placeholder text is truncated.
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Should I repost a question if the first edition was bad, has been fixed, and is still open?
I asked a bad question. After many comments from other users and many edits on my part, it is now a good question. However, the comments are littered with corrections to older versions. Should I ...
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Is there an appeals process for the automatic question rate limit? [duplicate]
I get this message:
It looks like you might need a break - take a breather and come back
soon!
You've asked 4 questions recently, some of which have not been
received very well by the ...
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Don't show how to format code when I'm not on a programming site [duplicate]
Instructions on how to format code are the first thing you see under "How to Format" when asking a question, which is great, except when you're on a site that isn't about programming:
► create code ...
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Make error message if a new user removes or misplaces the mandatory header text of meta questions about their own post more clear
Currently, when a new user makes a meta question about their own post specifically, they are prompted to enter a link to their post, and then they are given access to the per-site meta's question ...
asked May 4 '19 at 6:47
Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog
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What to do when you put two days of formulating a question and it still gets downvoted? [duplicate]
I have spent hours reading, formulating practice questions, using grammar check, and studying research papers.
I have taken a break from Stack Exchange for probably 4 days, hoping that this will ...
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Guide new users away from Meta [duplicate]
There are a lot of blatantly off-topic posts put here on Meta. These are apparently people who somehow got to this site without realizing their questions about things like programming aren't supposed ...
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No “back” to translate
On the ask question page for the responsive view the word "back" is not available to translate for use on international sites. Here is the screenshot of English based site to clarify:
To see this ...
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The question wizard might be useful for Meta Stack Exchange too; should we give it a try?
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Due to the special nature of Meta and the high rate of "lost souls", should we try out the Ask a Question Wizard here on Meta Stack Exchange too?
General idea
In case anyone doesn't know yet, ...
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Help new users with *effectively placed* guidance
(I wrote this and was pointed here to Meta.)
At Network Engineering we get very many questions which are off-topic, typically for being homework, repeats, or not fulfilling the non-obvious but quite ...
