Questions tagged [questions]
For questions regarding the nature of a "question" on Stack Exchange sites; e.g. how to ask, whether specific questions are appropriate, etc.
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Why no rules sidebar? [duplicate]
Seems like this would save many newcomers from asking questions which get closed for being off-topic or belong on a different site, if they could easily see the rules about questions on the site on ...
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How is the list of questions for Tour page populated? [duplicate]
Moderators are able to edit the question that will be shown on Tour page, but that list is quite short.
How is that list populated? Expected criteria are:
has high positive score
has several answers
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Where can I ask a legal question about the system in Canada?
I want to ask if it is legal to hold more than one job in Canada. What Stack Exchange site is appropriate?
I assume it is allowed in the USA.
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How can I see the average and median question scores for a given tag on a given SE site?
How can I see the average and median question scores for a given tag on a given SE site? E.g., what is the average and median score for the questions that have the tag bug on Meta.SE (I took this ...
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"Modified" link sometimes takes me to footer
On the site's start page, if I open the "modified" link of one of the listed questions in a new background tab, I sometimes end up in the footer rather than at the modifed question or answer....
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Why doesn't Stack Exchange allow multiple questions in a single post? [duplicate]
I do understand the need for this when the questions are unrelated. But why does it have to be even when the questions are related?
Perhaps, I've asked a few questions on one of the sites, and it was ...
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Where can I find what kind of questions are accepted on specific Stack Exchange sites?
As an example, on Seasoned Advice, questions about food-related health issues are not encouraged, but questions about utensils are accepted. I got to know this from comments on other posts.
I know ...
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If SE introduces system-generated answers, how to fit them into SE's question and answers model
This question is meant to be constructive in tone, not another channel to start debates or express opinions or frustrations on what happened around AI in the past weeks. (There are plenty, more ...
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Is it acceptable to generalize a question without changing the author's intent?
Example: What happens if electronic device only uses 20ma but power supply gives 700ma?
Would it be acceptable to edit the content and title to say "What if a device draws less current than the ...
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Asking many seeded, beginner questions [duplicate]
I've used SE and SO, only to ask questions to which I didn't know the answer.
But there may be another way to ask questions:
From a text book or other canonical reference (History, C++, etc., ...
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Should a question be posted on the site with the most expertise or the most interest?
Should we give priority to interest or expertise when choosing where to post a question?
A question may be of more interest to users on one Stack Exchange site, but the users on a different site may ...
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How do I ask long clarifications on an answer?
Someone has left a thoughtful answer to my question.
I have a bunch of clarifications, and for now I've left these as a set of long comments. Is this the appropriate way to do this, or should I have ...
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Shouldn't the ChatGPT policy be more explicit about what is and is not allowed? [duplicate]
The announcement of ChatGPT's ban only talks about the potential incorrect answers the AI could add to the site if allowed.
However, I can think of more uses for the AI than answers. You focused on ...
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Is it OK to create a new question asking about code in an old answer instead of waiting until my reputation is 50?
I have a question about code that's in an old Stack Overflow answer. Is it OK to post a new question asking about that code instead if waiting until my reputation is over 50? If my reputation was over ...
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Don't cut off question titles on the search result page
Feature request: Don't cut off question titles on the search result page. Example:
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Where can I ask a question about finding command-line SQL formatters?
I am looking for a command line SQL formatter = SQL prettifier = SQL beautifier (not an online formatter) for Mac. The goal is to run it on the command line and also inside the editor (Emacs) for SQL ...
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Add Mastodon to the "Know someone who can answer?" social media links
Over on https://askubuntu.com/ we have this banner under questions.
Is it possible to add a link to "Share a link to this question via Mastodon"?
(Some may prefer to use Fediverse to refer ...
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Why are questions edited so much and so thoroughly?
Often when I ask a question, the tiniest mistakes in it will get edited out almost immediately, sometimes entire sentences will be reformulated in a better way. I am assuming that's done by actual ...
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Do questions have to restate all implications of supplied content to be acceptable? [closed]
In other words, do questions have to meet encyclopedia level verbiage requirements to be helpful?
In the case of this question on Server Fault (which I didn't pose):
Debian update failed
My first ...
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How long to wait until close-voting a non-English post on an English site [duplicate]
The canonical FAQ Do posts have to be in English on Stack Exchange? tells us to
vote or flag to close it (the post)
emphasis mine
Often curating users write a comment and ask to translate the OP (...
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The question view count displayed in a search result page is inaccurate [duplicate]
Example from android stackexchange: 7 views in search:
vs. 168 views:
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How did the user post two questions with identical titles?
Yesterday a user posted this SO question:
How to use JOIN to match the records in mySQL
Today they posted this followup question, and gave it an identical title:
How to use JOIN to match the records ...
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Notification about new Stack Overflow questions to another e-mail address? [duplicate]
I want to help others on Stack Overflow. I've set a watched tag. Is it possible to be notified about new questions with this tag to a special e-mail address?
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Where can I ask about the RJ45 specification?
Where can I ask the following?
The Cisco Field Notice: FN - 63697 was first released on 11-Nov-13, advising customers that RJ45 boots "Might Push the Mode Button and Cause an Unexpected Reset on ...
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How do I get the association bonus if someone moved my post to another Stack Exchange site?
I originally asked the question Which heat pad content materials will keep me warm the longest? on Physics Stack Exchange - it was my first question on the site - and I think I got the association ...
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Why are these new questions not appearing in the main list? [duplicate]
The three most recently asked questions on SciFi are not showing up in the Newest or Active questions list.
A cartoon series about teenage monsters including a one-eyed mummy girl
TV show where ...
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Which timestamp is used for migrated questions for the Asking Days badges (curious/inquisitive/socratic)?
If a question is migrated, which timestamp is used for the Asking Days badges (curious/inquisitive/socratic)? Original post timestamp or migration timestamp?
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Title and body are opposite questions; should we edit for consistency?
This question is solely about (editorial) style.
Consider the following (made up) examples:
Title: Is foo safe?
In the body: Is foo unsafe?
Title: Can baz affect qux?
In the body: Can I assume qux is ...
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How to set the specific part links in questions or answers to jump to them with Markdown Editing? [duplicate]
As shown below, I'm trying to set the specific part links in an answer to jump to them with Markdown editing on Stack Overflow:
<p id="part-link1">Part Link 1</p>
<p id=&...
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If I pose a question and later learn the premise was wrong, is it best to edit the question or leave it?
If I ask a question about a data structure saying 'I currently have data structure X, how do I do Y with it?' and someone answers with 'You actually have data structure Z, this is how you do Y with it'...
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Users with 10 reputation points hop the fence of protected questions while one with less than 15 can't even upvote an answer
Users with 10 reputation points hop the fence of protected questions while one with less than 15 can't even upvote an answer
"Questions should be protected when they are attracting poor answers ...
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Reduce screen space for "Have you considered accepting an answer or starting a bounty for this question?"
I find that the messages
Have you considered accepting an answer or starting a bounty for this question?
take too much screen space. E.g. I only see 3 questions on a user profile's question list ...
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Why do basic questions that show no signs of research or anything get hundreds of upvotes, but other detailed questions get downvoted? [duplicate]
Exactly as the question title states, I see people on Stack Overflow ask "How does slicing work in Python?" and get 400 upvotes and all the answers have 600 + upvotes, but when some users ...
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"Is it possible to...?" vs. "How to...?", Which one is better for title and style of questions, considering practical and psychological aspects?
I should first mention that I also meant "Is it OK to...?" and phrases with more or less similar meaning by mentioning the phrase "Is it possible to...?" in the title of this ...
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How do I flag a post that is not a question?
How do I flag a post that is not a question here on Meta Stack Exchange?
Examples:
Formatting Sandbox
Announcing the Stacks Editor Beta release!
Please raise the tag creation reputation threshold on ...
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Does SE in general have a problem with simple questions that aren't googleable?
I've used a few Stack Exchange sites and am thinking of close / downvotes on Linguistics, Philosophy and English Language & Usage especially.
While it is obvious that SE should tolerate or even ...
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Implementing uber-votes on questions
This question is essentially a variation of Bounty-like facility for rewarding excellent questions in the spirit of GentlePurpleRain's comment here.
I reproduce the linked question and comment below:
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How can I update a question (from someone else) with keywords so you can find it better?
I sometimes have the problem that I cannot find an existing answer in Stack Exchange. So I would really like to "improve" a question by adding keywords to make it easier to find.
Is there ...
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Enable clicking on [Share] to automatically copy link to clipboard
When the user clicks on the [Share] link under the post (either a question or an answer), a popup window appears with the link automatically highlighted. I propose that the link should be ...
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Draw new attention to question after editing? [duplicate]
I recently asked this question on Stack Overflow: Add an event to an existing control
One comment asked to clarify some things (with good reason), and it got two downvotes - probably because of the ...
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Why was this question audited ~10 times over 1 month as "First questions"? [duplicate]
https://superuser.com/posts/1708371/timeline:
Why was this question audited ~10 times over 1 month as "First questions"? The OP has ~500 questions, ~18k rep and no bans on this SE. The ...
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Label questions for beginners to answer
I have read Should easy questions be left for beginners? That is, beginners like answering questions too?.
TL;DR I want to propose a system similar to the linked post, but one that does not prevent ...
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Can I ask another question based on the previous question and its comment?
I don't know if it is duplication but I wanted to make another question which is modified based on my previous question and its comments.
For example, I posted a question about a claim and its proof. ...
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Is it a bug? Deleted question was undeleted by another user [duplicate]
I asked a question on Stack Overflow and deleted it because I found the answer myself. At the same time, someone had already posted an answer. This is of course unfortunate but I wanted to delete the ...
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When I try to post a question on Stack Overflow, I get the error message "Comments must be at least 15 characters in length." [closed]
When I click the "Post Your Question" button, an error "Comments must be at least 15 characters in length." I am confused since I am creating a question, not a comment.
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How can I find a question on Stack Exchange? [duplicate]
I have read a question a few years back, and it has been answered: 'What would be the last artificial light after apocalypse'
I couldn't find it with tags, and I'm not sure on which site it was asked ...
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How should we flag obvious troll questions? [duplicate]
From time to time, I encounter questions that are obviously trolling (i.e., not a real question) but not spam and not using abusive language and I often wonder what the best course of action is when ...
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How many answers did I facilitate and (roughly) how much answer rep was generated?
Answers to Who asked the most number of questions on Stack Exchange? include SEDE scripts for site-specific and network-wide methods to rank users who've asked the most questions. Someone pointed me ...
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Add option "ask a new question" to page not found
The page "Page not found [newline] This question was removed from Stack Overflow for reasons of moderation." list various options how to continue but fails to list the option to ask the same ...
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Make a feature to mark your own question as solved by yourself already without any answer's help! [duplicate]
This option is way better than just setting a question as solved through checking an answer that might or might not be correct leading to a bias. And since there are many cases already that some ...
