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Can I ask and self-answer a question where there's an ongoing investigation into possible/better solutions (by myself and others)?
I like the policy of self-answered questions, as it's a good way to document things I discover for my own use with the additional benefit of possible commentary by others.
However, a recent issue I ...
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How can I stop receiving downvotes from a question that the community is keeping up? [duplicate]
Recently, I read the help article on bounties. I initially misread the article and asked the following question based on that misunderstanding: Why Manually Award Bounties?
This was obviously an error ...
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What caused the drop in questions in April 2023?
Rerunning this query by starball for new questions and answers posted across the network generated the following graph:
It plots posts by their creation date, and includes deleted posts.
The decline ...
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Is it acceptable to write in memoriam posts on per-site metas for people with strong ties to the site's subject matter?
I was browsing the Science Fiction & Fantasy Meta site, when I saw this 'question.' It is a short in memoriam for the creator of an incredibly popular anime (Dragon Ball Z).
Should such types of ...
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What's the benefit of keeping questions around that have negative votes? Isn't it just an embarrassment to the OP?
What's the benefit of keeping questions around that have negative votes? Isn't it just an embarrassment to the OP?
And the OP is discouraged to delete the question if the question has been answered by ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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On-topic (non-closed & non-locked) posts that you're not allowed to answer?
Is it true that there are types of (meta) posts that are on-topic, non-closed, and non-locked, that you're not allowed to answer?
I saw this discussion post on a per-site meta, and all the answers ...
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Law, English, or somewhere else? Where should these two questions go?
I have two questions:
In many jurisdictions, one can swear or affirm with the same legal implications. Does saying, "I solemnly affirm ..." mean the same thing as "I affirm," thus ...
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How useful is the frequent tab on the “All Questions“ page? And to whom?
As I'm typing the title, the system volunteers a list of posts inspired by the words "frequent" and "tab" but despite this, it's evident by the relatively low number of upvotes ...
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Is it appropriate to ask a Stack Exchange question to generate or locate citations for a site like Wikipedia?
First, since this is meta, I am keeping the question somewhat broad about the topics in question to be more applicable, while trying to keep the scope fairly narrow for the essence of the specific ...
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With limited remaining brain cells, how can I work in a more roomba-aware way (and not lose track of questions permanently)?
I've asked more SE questions than I have remaining brain cells to keep track of them.
Sometimes I remember enough about the question to ask for assistance in a site's meta
How to get a link to an old ...
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Is it better to vote to close your own question or delete it?
In any case with your own question, is it better practice to vote to close it or to delete it if it meets a close reason?
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What can I do if I want to ask a more specific version of an earlier question on a Stack Exchange site?
To provide context, on the Law Stack Exchange, I'd like to be more specific than the question here:
Are cheater plugs illegal in the USA?
I'd like to know specifically if it's illegal to use currently-...
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The [broken-link] tag here is being used incorrectly
It seems people are using broken-link to specify broken links, but not within posts as the info/excerpt says.
Tag Info
For discussing the effects of broken links within posts and comments
across the ...
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Where in my cross-posted question should I mention that the question is cross-posted?
What I understand about cross-posting: Usually, don't. But whenever you do (like if it's really justified to do so), then mention it.
Ok, assuming for the sake of argument that something is allowed to ...
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Why has a user's second question appeared in the "first question" review queue?
This question over at LawSE has just popped up as a First Question review, but it's the user's second question (this is the first) which doesn't seem right to me.
Am I missing something or is it a ...
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Am I not allowed to answer a post that is badly written?
Here I answered a question, but before doing so, I did provide anonymous feedback, from review, that the question needs improvement, but I got two downvotes, not because of the answer, so am I not ...
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How should I tag a question that may be a Feature Request or a Bug depending on the answer to the Support part?
From time to time I post Meta questions relating to something that works in a way that I wouldn't expect it to. In those cases, the system is either working as designed but I think it should be ...
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Is it okay to delete questions that get poorly received? [duplicate]
I've recently learned about "Help Vampires" as a concept. It's something that's easy to forget about until I see a -1 attach to a question I ask on Stack Overflow, and I instantly feel the ...
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How can I ask better questions despite being a noob to everything programming? [duplicate]
I've been noticing all through my SO "career" that my questions aren't always well received. They are either too vague or general or I seriously confuse terminology because well, frankly I ...
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Not evaluating the quality of the question, rather evaluate the question per answers it provided
To quote Carl Sagan:
"There are naïve questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the world. ...
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Is there a certain amount of time after which a new question is unlikely to get any answers?
Can anyone else confirm my suspicions here? I have found that whenever I post a new question, if it is going to receive any answers at all, it will happen within the first few hours of posting. After ...
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Should I delete my question if it had mistakes?
I had posted a question, but later realised through the comments and the answers, that my question's fundamental assumptions were wrong.
When this happens on other platforms, I delete my question but ...
