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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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Can we ask a question about programming but has no code to include?
Verbatim from Help Center:
We feel the best Stack Overflow questions have a bit of source code in them, but if your question generally covers…[list]
As you can read, questions typically should have source … For questions that do not include code, you shouldn't even have a reference to having code at all (as in saying in your question "I have this code that does {x}"). …
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User persists in his belief that excessive comments aren't a bad thing; is he right?
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I think we've all kind of dealt with this issue or an issue like it before. It's usually newer users who haven't quite gotten the grasp that the people correcting them have the reputation t …
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How to deal with trap questions?
If what the OP is asking for is impossible because of the way the code works, not much can be done. You can post a comment telling him/her that what they are asking for is simply not possible. After t …
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First Draft: Bad Question Flags
Should first draft questions that are bad from the start be flagged immediately or should time be allowed for them to be improved, according to comments? … You can obviously tell a bad question from a good one from the get go, but sometimes there are questions where the OP wasn't quite clear and could maybe give some more information. …
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Is it ok to direct OPs to another answer?
I often find that I'm not "FGITW" to a question. I also find that often an OP or user finds an answer to a question that looks good on paper, but hasn't been tested or fails when being tested, but upv …
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